Jesus Teaching on Divorce
“To have and to hold from this day forward; for better or for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part” As I sit and reflect on these powerful words, I think forward to my upcoming marriage in three short weeks. These simple, yet incredibly strong words are the cornerstone of Christian marriages; the terms of the marriage contract drawn up by God, who is the creator of man and author of the institution of marriage. “ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.” (Matthew 19:5-6) So many before me have recited these words with the utmost conviction and the purest of intentions, but then after years of challenges and trying times these words end up being hollow and meaningless too many people. It amazes me to research and find that in “Canada we had a divorce rate at 45.1 % in 1998” (Stats Canada 2000) and what is even more appalling is that this number is no different whe
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