As we head into a day devoted to celebrating relationships, Erik Strandness looks at how God restores the relationships damaged through our infidelity 

How does an unfaithful spouse make amends to a partner and reestablish trust when an enormous wall of anger, resentment and suspicion has been built up? He or she could begin with gifts and acts of service. A good start perhaps, but in the end, they would merely be external acts that may or may not signal a change of heart. What the offended partner really needs is assurance of internal change, a transformed heart. Because, then and only then, will it be possible to restore the relationship.

The Old Testament tells the story of the ‘chosen people’ who quickly made their marriage to God a sham by engaging in a string of idolatrous affairs… (Register to read the rest of the article)