My easy answer would be, yes, divorce is wrong. It isn't the "ideal" plan for my life or anyone else's. The real answer is more complicated. There is little in our life that resembles God's original, ideal plan set forth in the Garden of Eden. We live in a fallen world and the consequences of our brokenness are experienced in differing ways every day. One of those consequences are broken families. My marriage was broken long before the divorce.
The loudest voice of condemnation that I experienced was from myself. Because after repeated betrayals, I was the one who finally said, “Enough.” I asked him to leave. I filed for divorce.
The loudest voice of condemnation that I experienced was from myself. Because after repeated betrayals, I was the one who finally said, “Enough.” I asked him to leave. I filed for divorce.
I remember praying through that gut-wrenching decision. I do not believe was sin, I came to the sense that God was actually preparing me for a different life – delivering me from the bondage of my marriage. I remember having to come to grips with the fact that if I was, in fact, making a horrible decision and sinning against the Lord, He would forgive me. My life would not be wasted, written off or over. Even if I was wrong, He would walk through the consequences with me.
He will. He does. I am able to know now that I was not in sin, but I can never feel good about a choice that ends what we believed would last forever and which comes as the result of living in a fallen world.
The beautiful thing is that even in our fallen state, riddled with consequences of sin, God walks with us and draws meaning and beauty from that experience. It is His beautiful way of making good from that which the enemy meant for evil. Only our Lord could do this…It is His way, the calling card or hallmark of life lived with Him.
And whether the decision of divorce is yours or not, God will walk with you through the pain. Hand the hurt to the Lord, feel it and learn from it as you build a healthier life. Be open to whatever possibilities become of the loss and trust that you are never alone.
I felt like the article below articulated it so well. What do you think?
Misconceptions the Christians Have About Divorce
And whether the decision of divorce is yours or not, God will walk with you through the pain. Hand the hurt to the Lord, feel it and learn from it as you build a healthier life. Be open to whatever possibilities become of the loss and trust that you are never alone.
I felt like the article below articulated it so well. What do you think?
Misconceptions the Christians Have About Divorce
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