Exodus 5:22-7:25
Matthew 18:23-19:12
Psalms 23: 1-6
Proverbs 5:22-23
Divorce
Matthew 19:4-8
Unfortunately all around us today screams the effects of divorce. Unhappy people, families divided, kids suffering maybe the hardest, bitterness, anger and despair…the list could go on. They tell us that the
divorce rate of this nation is approaching 50%- that’s almost one half of all marriages are destined for failure. What’s sadder than that is it’s just as prevelant within the church.
Divorce is not Gods design – but rather the destruction to the plan. Satan know that a divided house can help promote his kingdom and design. The reason’s are endless – the excuses are many- but the results are the same. The destruction of the family unit.
Perhaps with better counseling and instruction. Perhaps with people taking more time and consideration in their decision. Perhaps with more listening to their peers this tragedy would be avoided. For many the reasons are mainly all external factors – allowing the outside to infiltrate our homes. I believe the problem goes down deeper than that. Those things are just the symptoms but not the cause.
Notice what Jesus replied to their question of divorce. It was because of hardness of heart! It was because of a heart that was no longer was soft and pliable! In our relationships it’s so important to keep short accounts. What I mean by that is not allowing ourselves to fuel the already present forces that try to oppose. Life is hard…marriage is work…and a lot of it, but when we add fuel to the fire it will burn brighter and further
It’s so important that we learn to forgive and say I’m sorry. It’s so important we don’t allow wedges to be driven between. Don’t let the sun go down of your wrath – is what God asks. In a society where it’s becoming part of the ‘norm’ it doesn’t have to be part of our world.
Work daily on keeping your heart soft and pliable. Work daily on new understanding and communication. Work daily on your relationship with God, as truly He is the only one that can give you a new heart.
Grow together and not apart – keep a soft and pliable heart.
