Standing By Faith

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I try not to have this conversation because it tends to anger those who may have been married and divorced before but now, supposedly older and wiser, they want to stand for this, their second or subsequent marriage.

I didn't write the Book but nobody minds shooting the messenger if they don't like what it says.

Additionally, too many "standers" claim God's Word regarding marriage and family and then continue to ignore the rest of the Book. Then they act surprised and say God didn't "save" their family when the truth of the matter is they were never in line with His Word in the first place, nor did they seek to be.

But hey, I didn't want to go there .

Well Amy.... you did go there!

I don't pretend to understand clearly all that is written.

What I do know is that personally, even tho I became a believer as a teenager, I did not come to really know Christ until long after. And that happened to be after my first marriage ended. Reguardless of the fact that it was an "acceptable according to the bible" divorce, I have had a hard time with really understanding if God intended for me to live the rest of my life alone. That confusion was compounded massively in the last couple of years.... when two people who were truly committed to honoring God with everything they had.... dissolved into a broken marriage. I am sure, however, that HE will reveal HIS will for me at HIS appointed time. Until then I hope and pray to be still and listen.

I think that for someone in the throes of despair your post is very discouraging. Right or not.... have some sensitivity for those who may not know Christ at all or just beginning to!
Dang Amy, sometimes you use you 2x4 in a harsh and casual way.
Easy does it.... we are called to show the love of Christ.... not smack people upside the head with scriptual/righteous law...