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'Relish life with the spouse you love, each and every day.' Ecclesiastes 9:9
It's easy to become very cynical when we read a verse from the Bible about marriage - after all, doesn't divorce seem more or less inevitable in our culture? The Office for National Statistics says, 'Almost half of all marriages in England and Wales will end in divorce if current trends continue.' God says, 'Relish life with the spouse you love, each and every day'. But if in your family your mum and dad are always arguing, or have got a divorce, this verse can just seem unimportant, a joke, unrealistic; it can even make you feel really sad.
Perhaps you would like to have parents who 'relish each other' (as long as they don't hold hands or kiss in public, of course!) but instead find yourself in the middle of a battleground. Or perhaps you have friends whose parents are always 'at each others throats'.
Situations like these can be torturous and divorce can be a very painful time for everyone involved. Perhaps you have already had to cope watching your parents split up, or are going through this right now?
Today, God wants to remind you that His best for us is always that we have great relationships, but when we don't go the way He's planned He's still there with us, loving us. He promises; 'I will be with you ... I will not fail you or abandon you.' (Joshua 1:5) So today 'Pile your troubles on God's shoulders - He'll carry your load, he'll help you out.' (Psalm 55:22 TM)
written by Bob Gass
'Relish life with the spouse you love, each and every day.' Ecclesiastes 9:9
It's easy to become very cynical when we read a verse from the Bible about marriage - after all, doesn't divorce seem more or less inevitable in our culture? The Office for National Statistics says, 'Almost half of all marriages in England and Wales will end in divorce if current trends continue.' God says, 'Relish life with the spouse you love, each and every day'. But if in your family your mum and dad are always arguing, or have got a divorce, this verse can just seem unimportant, a joke, unrealistic; it can even make you feel really sad.
Perhaps you would like to have parents who 'relish each other' (as long as they don't hold hands or kiss in public, of course!) but instead find yourself in the middle of a battleground. Or perhaps you have friends whose parents are always 'at each others throats'.
Situations like these can be torturous and divorce can be a very painful time for everyone involved. Perhaps you have already had to cope watching your parents split up, or are going through this right now?
Today, God wants to remind you that His best for us is always that we have great relationships, but when we don't go the way He's planned He's still there with us, loving us. He promises; 'I will be with you ... I will not fail you or abandon you.' (Joshua 1:5) So today 'Pile your troubles on God's shoulders - He'll carry your load, he'll help you out.' (Psalm 55:22 TM)
written by Bob Gass
