The divorce rate in America is too high. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?” (Matthew 19:3). “Not so,” said the Lord. What happens that changes those moments of starry-eyed splendor into unconcern and apathetic feelings? Consider:
- He married her because, among other things, her hair looked so beautiful. He divorced her because she spent too much time fixing her hair.
- He married her because she was such an adept conversationalist. He divorced her because she talked all the time.
- She married him because he enjoyed her home cooking. She divorced him because he never took her out to eat.
- She married him because he was a “real sport.” She divorced him because he refused to give up his “sport.”
- He married her because their families shared a common background. He divorced her because her family interfered in their affairs.
- She married him because he was so attentive to little things. She divorced him because he was oblivious to important things.
An ideal marriage is not one in which people marry to be happy, but to make the other one happy. This means to give as well as to take, to forget as well as to remember, and to love as well as to be loved.
—The Beacon, Pensacola, FL
“What God has joined together, let not man separate.” – Matthew 19:6
