I feel (and I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time) that we don't take the Lord seriously. I joke and find humor in my faith and I feel that God also has a sense of humor. Someone very close to me fell in love. (Awwwww) With his best friends wife. Now this woman was in a rocky relationship with her husband of several years, they were supposedly of a church (a big one) and had 4 kids. Happily ever after. The husband found himself enamored of a woman he worked with. Instead of transferring away from her, instead of coming clean and finding an elder to talk to, he continued and eventually fell. Wife found out. (We always find out) She hedged about their relationship and said she was deciding on whether they should stay together, she spent a lot of time with the person close to me and that became inappropriate. He fell in love. She decided that she wasn't "religious" but "spiritual". The man who fell for her is not a strong man. He's innocent and has not had experiences like this and decided he is more "spiritual" than "religious" as well. While they did not engage in sex they did "fool around" a bit and then she began to push him away... I received the call, of a crushed man who didn't understand. She had decided to stay with her husband and now posts all kinds of "religious" quotes on her facebook page and quotes about how she loves her husband dearly and how amazing he is. I understand. I've actually been in a similar situation, but when I was married my husband was all I saw. I didn't look for other men, I was sadly abused and neglected and I still stayed true to my vow. Even after he had a child with another woman I stayed alone until he realized his mistake. It is so easy to say, I'm finished with this marriage. We are a society of selfish people. "I want what I want how I want it now!" "Until death do we part" is said, but so often it's really "Until I find someone better". How sad is that? Or married couples who engage in sex with other people or swap wives, or have orgies? Whenmy husband stepped out on me I was CRUSHED because he was mine. No one else knew him the way I did. No one knew where his birthmark was, or thought it was as cute as I did, then all of a sudden there was this woman ready to compare notes. When we say our vows we're not vowing to each other, that is a covenant with God. "I will love and cherish and take care of and nurture and respect and OBEY this man forever. Until You Lord separate us in death." We seem to forget the fact that a mere 20 years ago divorce was still pretty taboo. It was a bit more accepted but it wasn't rampant. There was a respect for the covenant. This world is such a mess. It's so incredibly complicated, and I wonder if God ever looks over it and thinks "Why did I say no more floods?" It used to mean something to be married. Now it's enough to live together and have kids and people really only get married because of money, status, and having a wedding. If weddings were not a status symbol and all about the bride, people would be content to live together and have babies out of wedlock. I feel sorry for people. No matter what your faith, whether you have some or not, everyone will stand before God in judgment. I have to be accountable for myself and I think I am prepared to do that. I just couldn't imagine having little or no faith and standing before the Lord and having to say, "Sorry I didn't take You seriously. I was just messing around. I didn't mean it."
Okay guys and also I found my life verse, so I've changed my signature. I'll blog about that in a little bit.
*The Jesus Loving Princess*
*Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Luke 6:22 *
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