Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
-Proverbs 27:6, KJV
Being a great performer does not necessarily mean one is destined to become a Cheater, yet such skills can be employed to such ends.
I am amazed at those people who have the skill of performing on stage in such a way that they become the character. Some people have a way of just drawing one into the story or act. It is a gift.
Like all gifts, stage presence can be used for good or evil.
Cheaters can use this gift to cover their tracks. They may be such good liars that you do not suspect them for months, if not years. It is only when hard, undeniable facts slip that you start to see through the carefully crafted lies.
It has to be exhausting to be such a person, though!
I am just tired thinking of the double life Cheaters have to live. All the lies and keeping the two lives from colliding. That takes incredible amount of effort and high-level planning–hence, why I do not accept the excuse that cheating “just happened.”
At some point, I think Cheaters get lost in their own “act.”
They become the lies that they’ve been telling. No longer can they discern reality from the falsehoods they speak. That is a consequence of rebelling against God.
Thankfully, we do not have to follow them into their distorted world. We can divorce and move on with out lives free from such distortions (see Mt 19:9). That is the mercy divorce offers faithful spouses. The performance can finally end for us, at least.
