Is it true"you reap what you sow"?

Question

I think it's true but what happens when a man leaves his wife for another woman. I'm a christian & I don't believe god will bless a relationship that starts out in adultery. He seems to be making the relationship work. We've been divorced for 5 mths & they have been together for almost a year. She knew I was getting a divorce before I did. So why is it working out for them? I know for a fact he has cheated on her. He gets by w/so much & he gets by in life w/out any recourse. How do good things happen to bad peopole?

Answer 1

No, it is not true that you reap what you sow. There is no cosmic scorekeeper who rewards good and punishes evil. Children die from cancer and mass murderers die old in their beds. Cheaters live happy lives together too, sometimes. You've got to let go and move on, or you're just going to make yourself miserable.

Answer 2

statistics say over 90% of adultery relationships don't make it. God will not bless this relationship, you are right about that. If he is cheating then his relationship is not "seeming" to work. It rains on the wicked and the good. God is sovereign. The devil can't take anything away that God doesn't allow. Like when Jesus laid down his life. Talking about getting what you don't deserve, Jesus took it all on. Do not wish poor things on the wicked but pray for their repentance. Don't waste your mind on their immorality. Let your light shine for all to see and your strength will help others. I was told once when I asked this very question " Sometimes God uses dark colors to paint the most beautiful pictures" so I guess "be a beautiful pic. not a paint splotch. Rise above and praise God. Hope this helps and encourages.

Answer 3

I think that if you live a good life and do right by others then chances are that life will be good to you.People that lie ,cheat and steal their way through life seem to have more hard knocks than people who do the right things. This all sounds like my ex and her new husband.They are together but because of the way they started out both of them should have a hard time looking in the mirror everyday.Their expectations must be very low in order to live this kind of life.Just knowing that you split up a family and caused many people pain and heart break should be enough to make them think about their life together.Not sure why people get away with things such as this.

Answer 4

Oh....what goes around REALLY does come around! BELIEVE ME. True happiness can't be built on the misery of others. I've seen so many relationships where the one person leaves for another, and eventually they get left in the dust as well.

I try to learn from bad things happening to me, that is what bad experiences are, learning experiences. You can either let them make you or break you.

You are WAY better off away from this jerk. Maybe will run into the man of your dreams soon. :) Good luck, most everyone has gotten their heart ripped out of their rib cage before. It hurts. Try hanging with your girlfriends and have some fun!

Answer 5

First, I'm sorry to hear that this has happened to you, but I think the best thing to do is to rethink your point of view. Instead of focusing on how his life is / what the outcome of his life is, you should think about how your life is turning out. If you have to think about his life, you should know that you never know the full story. He could seemingly be getting away with anything, when in reality he is dying inside with all of the twisted lies and deceit he has woven. Making people believe that you are happy is much easier than actually being happy.

Anyways, back to you... instead of focusing on how his life seems to be, in lieu of his actions, I think it is best for you to focus on how your life has been since your tough decision to divorce him. Most of the time, when you make a tough decision, the results don't come forward immediately. You might not see why this was the best decision now, but wait and see how it turns out. If you are religious, than you probably believe that everything happens for a reason. You seem to have a higher level of morality and code to live by, thus making your decisions more difficult compared to those of lower values. You just have to have faith sometimes... you know you did what was right and you know what he has done is wrong...

In the interim, do your best to stand by your decision and have faith... best of luck!

Answer 6

Yes i feel this is very true indeed... You may not always see some person get what you think they deserve BUT someday they will trust me and it wont be easy... Look at it this way would you want what you deserve all time time for the mistakes and errors you make in life or would you rather have someone show you mercy and forgiveness for it... This is how we should treat others. Good things happen to good people and Bad things happen to good people but such is life. We can and never will be able to figure this one out. Life does not always seem fair but we live it anyway and have faith that someday it will get better for us down the road with all the pain we deal with in life.

Answer 7

We all breathe the same sweet air, the wicked and the good alike. It often seems that very bad people get by with everything, while good people suffer. Even the Bible states that there is pleasure in sin "for a season." Sooner or later, this behavior is going to come back to bite your former husband. He may be living it up right now, but he's apt to end up an old, lonely, bitter man. God forgives us, to be sure, but there are repercussions for our sins....and your ex will not escape untouched by guilt and regret once the "party" is over. She can have him with his sneaking, selfish, small minded self!! Go forward, woman, and don't give him another thought, unless it's a moment's pity.

Answer 8

Hmmmmmm.....good question!

I don't profess to offer any Christian advise....but I do believe in karma. There is no such thing as fair is there? Spirit works in mysterious ways...so I hope you can let this go....because what you see from the outside...is never what is really going on.

They may still be married.....but happily? He cheated on her. Good one! I suppose that is why they say 'once a cheater always a cheater'...and why they never advise people to marry who started in an affair...as it almost always ends in disaster. It started out with dishonesty..and it takes a certain type of character to cheat on his wife.

So.....we need not stand in judgement of why this person or that person gets a break etc. I think life will always throw curveballs. It's up to us how we reacte to it.

I'm sorry for your loss....as I am sure this was a horrible thing to go through. Just stay strong on your own path....and beautiful miracles will come your way.

Answer 9

i am also a believer that a person can reap what they sow. I am currently married and my husband left me for his other baby mama. They are having problems to this very day. Things are never looking up for him; and me being this person that I am now have no sympathy for him. For the very fact that instead of working or trying to work things out he turned to another. And it's not just me that got hurt but our children we share together got hurt in the process also. But me on the other hand I am fine, found someone who looks at my children as a father who helped make them would and my life is much better since he went his way and I went mine.

Now if you did something to me and I never did anything intentionally to hurt you yes later on down the road in life you will wonder what did I do to deserve what I am going through....look back and you can see all those that you've wronged and your wonders are no more.I could go on and on but I will cut it short here!!!!

Answer 10

Andrea, I believe that is VERY true. Becuause if you made destructive desicions like commiting adultery, eventually your going to reap the consequences of those actions and decisions.

I am sorry that your husband had cheated on you, and is now cheating on the woman he's with now, but eventually his bad choices, and decisions are going to catch up to him.

Remember what the world intends for evil, God can use for good.

Answer 11

People call it Karma but I call it an act of judgement. Good things don't always happen to bad people. For example, a guy could rob a bank and totally get away with it and not only will his conscience keep on sending him on a guilt trip, but he will someday regret all of the bad things he has done. Whether or not it is after he dies, or before. So it may look like that the bad people are getting all of these good things but trust me, one day, all of the good stuff they have will be all gone before you can say "crash and burn." So don't worry about it because the "act of judgement" (or karma) will eventually come up and bite them in the butt.