Divorce
is a very sensitive subject for many due to the lives it has devastated along
the way. I believe society has become so conditioned by the horror stories and
statics they hear about divorce they would rather live together with that
“Special Someone” then to get married. Let me make it clear a marriage by God’s
definition, like it or not is between a man and a woman.
The problem with divorce is the adults’ figure it’s too hard to work at their marriage, so they just want out leaving the kids to deal with the repercussions Kids don’t understand and they wonder why it is ending. Most often when they grow up and get married it usually ends in the same way. If they have seen more then one family member gets a divorce they have themselves learned that this is what is done when a marriage is too hard or difficult. Divorce is a sad situation to go through for anyone.
Don’t misunderstand what I am saying, if you are being abused in anyway you need to find help. Staying because of your belief, religion, or even family pressure is not a reason for you to continue on that destructive path. There are so many places that are out there that can help you in how to decide what you should do and when. Every case is different.
Marriage is a lot of work and it takes giving on both parts. If both people aren’t totally committed then it can end in separation or even divorce. I think going through some rough patches in a marriage is so much easier then to get a divorce. Having to live with the hurt and anger for many years can cause even more problems. Think long and hard before you say the words, I want a divorce. If you believe that is where your marriage is heading, think about why things aren’t working, most every problem is fixable it all depends on if you want to fix it. Divorce has been around a long time but it doesn’t have to be if you only try. Don’t end up being a statistic.
22. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
23. And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
2. when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife,
3. if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife,
4. then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
32. But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
3. And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
4. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.”
5. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6. But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’
7. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
8. and the two shall become one flesh; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
2. Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
4. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6. But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
7. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
8. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;
9. but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
11. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12. But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.