[ConservativeMind]

An excellent commentary.

Divorce is the ultimate vow a Christian can have outside of that of accepting Christ. Yet, per capita, more Christians divorce than the general population. Worse yet, rather than remaining single or reconciling (as required by God via Paul's words in 1 Cor. 7:10-11), Christians aid the sin by saying "Move on and find another. After all, God wants us to be happy." And so they marry another (while their spouse is still alive (remember, people vow "until death" not "until divorce")) and commit adultery.

There is nowhere in Scripture that states that God wants our personal selfish happiness to be fulfilled. Whatever happiness He may want is strictly in loving and following Him.

When the moral center of a society has such a perverted way of making God condone our sin, it's no wonder we can't figure out why the word "fidelity" matters.

[ConservativeMind]

I meant to say that Marriage is the ultimate vow one can have, not Divorce.

Thanks to Hazwaste for the head's up.

[Windsong]

Yet, per capita, more Christians divorce than the general population.

Then youve bought the lie hook, line and sinker. The term "Christian" is only applied by the Bible to those that "do the will of My father", as Christ said. You can count out Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc etc. You will never get an honest answer from the media on this (which is where your source comes from).

[ArGee]

There is nowhere in Scripture that states that God wants our personal selfish happiness to be fulfilled.

Well said. Today's marriage is about making me happy. G-d's marriage is about being a servant to our spouse and children. In view of that, what does it matter that we're no longer compatible in bed, or that he/she doesn't excite me the way he/she did when we were young. Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand complained "You don't bring me flowers anymore."

Contrast that with Golde telling Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" all the things that she's done for him for the past 25 years. "If that's not love, what is?"

Since I've been an adult, "What is" is "Whatever makes me feel good."

Shalom.

[Eagle Eye]

Damn good thing that God is more forgiving than people are.

And yes, I need a TON of forgiveness!!