Jesus uses very harsh poignant language in today's reading. To go against one's very nature is so incredibly hurtful. In marriage the idea is that two become one. To commit adultery is to go against one's self, to harm one's self. True, there is the aspect of marriage of adultery, but one can also look at it as not being true to one's self, which is what calls us to live rightly in communion with God.
There is a song called Trading My Sorrows by Darrel Evans that reminds us that we ought to hear the Lord, not in the great sounds of the world around us or the rushing of the wind, but in that still small voice, where the Lord encourages us to be true to ourselves and him by turning toward him, and saying "Yes Lord." When we do we trade our sorrows and shame for love and forgiveness. We are not abandoned but lifted up. The Lord reminds us not to commit adultery, so we must strive not be adulterous toward God by placing things before him, or before our commitment to doing right by ourselves, or others. At the end of our lives, we don't answer to other people. No, we meet God alone and have to answer for own words, actions, behavior. How can we do this if we are pretending to be someone that we're not? We must be ourselves, the people God intended. There is great hope in this, and peace. In being true to ourselves, it will lead us to a deeper connection and unity with the Lord, for it is only in him that we find ourselves.
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