Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Marriage and Divorce

I was married at the ripe old age of 18. The young lady was only 16. And before anyone ask, it was NOT a have to situation. The young lady was not pregnant. We thought we were in love. In reality we probably did not actually know what "in love" was. This marriage lasted a little over four years and produced a daughter before ending in divorce. And for the record, over the years we have reconciled and become friends again. After the divorce I met and eventually married a wonderful woman. We were best friends for a long time before any other relationship started. We have no been married almost 35 years and we too have a daughter. Now we have two lovely grand daughters and a terrific son-in-law. It seems that some would have me divorce myself from my wife and spend the rest of my life single. Or else be living in an adulterous relationship. Were I to do that it would not only mess up both of our lives but would really mess up the lives of our daughter, grandkids, and countless members of both sides of the family. I just can't see how God would expect or condone causing that kind of hurt to innocent parties. We are both saved and Heaven bound. We are not living in an adulterous relationship. Our lives are centered around our faith in Jesus, and our families. Yes we made mistakes in our past but that IS in our past. The wonderful thing about the saving Grace of Jesus Christ is it covers all sins. So the mistakes of our past are covered by the blood just like all our sins. To divorce now would not be solving a problem. A divorce would only serve to compound a problem and create another sin for which forgiveness would be needed. Just my thoughts on the Marriage after Divorce.

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