Marriage and Divorce.

   I'm not sure exactly how many of you go to church, or that any of my readers believe in God. But today, when I was at church, what the father was talking about made me think and it made a lot of sense. I don't mean to offend anyone by this at all. But we were talking about marriage and divorce. That one of the main reasons that people will get a divorce, is because they put themselves before God. Way back in the day, before time, when people got married, the way it was made was that God comes first, then man, then woman. Our society now doesn't see it that way.

Mark 10: 2-9
"The Pharisees approached and asked, 'Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?' They were testing him. He said to them in reply, 'What did Moses command you?' They replied, 'Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.' But Jesus told them, 'Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, "God made them male, and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and he joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh."

See God came first, then male, then the female. When two people who get married put God first, they are most likely to have a long, strong and healthy marriage. You can't be selfish and put all your stress and negativity first, and put Him last. Then you are only destined for failure. He never says you will have a perfect marriage, because there is no such thing. But putting him first will make it a better one.

The way the Father at my church explained it. When two people get married, and they put God first, they see no shame. They stand there, naked in front of each other and say "WOW! This is me", because they have become one. 50 years down the road, they are still married and still put God first, they still say, "WOW! This is me."

When you go to a restaurant and you see an old couple that looks like they have been married for 50+ years. You see them, and they are sitting on the same side of the table, eating the same hamburger, and all of a sudden you hear one ask, "Can I borrow your teeth". That is a marriage that has God first, that is true love. And that my friends is what marriage is all about.