Do you listen to the deceptive voices around you...those voices on television, the internet or the voices of your friends? Eve did. The enemy spoke to Eve through a serpent. Seems odd to us because we know serpents can't speak, but the enemy can use whatever form it desires. Divorce, separations, unwed mothers...where is the family? With the rising divorce rate not only out of the church but in the church one would have to say it is right where the enemy would like the family. In the sewer. God hates divorce. Why? Look at the world. When I was a kid in second grade we were told that a little boy's parents were divorced. I didn't want what he had and I didn't want my mom and dad to have it either so I stayed away from him. Long story short...divorce was rare and it was scary to look at this little boy and see how sad he was and as little as I was I knew it wasn't good but I didn't know why.
Newsflash...divorce will not change anything...well, not those things that led to the divorce. Oh sure, it will change the person you are with, when you see or don't see the kids, your $$$ because divorce isn't cheap...But if you left your spouse you will never be happy...it will happen again and again and again until you get right with God. If you do leave your spouse why would anyone want to be with you? Who will you leave this new person for and why? Soon you will run out of excuses and you will wake up one morning and look at yourself in the mirror and notice you are all alone. Even if you are with someone you will be alone...This isn't what God wanted for you. He had so much more planned for your life and you blew it...big time! Why? Because you listened to the enemy.
Like I said earlier...God hates divorce...there are times when a person's life is in danger that one should not stay married. That is understandable. Adultery is another reason a person can be divorced, but just because God said you may divorce does not mean that you should. God wants marriages to be reconciled. God is a God of reconciliation. What is stopping you from doing the right thing? What caused you to stray in the beginning?
The reason separation is so painful...God made two...one flesh...He does not want you to separate.
Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
Newsflash...divorce will not change anything...well, not those things that led to the divorce. Oh sure, it will change the person you are with, when you see or don't see the kids, your $$$ because divorce isn't cheap...But if you left your spouse you will never be happy...it will happen again and again and again until you get right with God. If you do leave your spouse why would anyone want to be with you? Who will you leave this new person for and why? Soon you will run out of excuses and you will wake up one morning and look at yourself in the mirror and notice you are all alone. Even if you are with someone you will be alone...This isn't what God wanted for you. He had so much more planned for your life and you blew it...big time! Why? Because you listened to the enemy.
Like I said earlier...God hates divorce...there are times when a person's life is in danger that one should not stay married. That is understandable. Adultery is another reason a person can be divorced, but just because God said you may divorce does not mean that you should. God wants marriages to be reconciled. God is a God of reconciliation. What is stopping you from doing the right thing? What caused you to stray in the beginning?
The reason separation is so painful...God made two...one flesh...He does not want you to separate.
Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."