November 14, 2009
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"....or be reconciled to her husband...."
1 Corinthians 7 is a beautiful part of the Bible.... Consider this section from the middle of it:
"But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife."
How much heartache would be spared to couples and their children in this world if they only followed God's instructions...
What a phrase of powerful hope here: "....reconciled to her husband...."
We tend to pass over that phrase - "yeah, well, maybe that happens rarely, but not usually... usually one of them gets remarried, and very little 'reconciliation' happens the rest of their lives..."
But God gives only two options - remain unmarried, or be reconciled. Those of us in His Church need to help our brothers and sisters to remember this... that reconciliation is not only possible, but it is to be expected! Let's pray to that end.... and in fact, not only for the couples we know, but for that "50%" of American couples who have experienced divorce and continue to do so... hundreds every day, thousands every year.... God may well bring about not only a handful of reconciliations here and there, but REVIVAL across America, of which perhaps one of its corollaries will be marital reconciliations between millions of people....
...and of course, the main and far more important reconciliation that needs to happen is between so many of these people and their God. The eternal reconciliation....
Dear God, please bring revival here..... Please bring me closer to You too....
Comments (1)
I said an oath 6/12/04, and I am commited to keeping it my entire life, even if the other party does not. True love is unconditional. Thanks for the great post!
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