What God has Joined Together

Posted by chuck maxwell on September 5th, 2009 filed in Chuck's blog

I recently went to support a friend in divorce court. His wife left 6 months ago and he has no idea where she is. It was a default judgement since she didn’t show up or respond to any requests from his lawyer. It is a sad story of a failed marriage with plenty of reasons why it failed. But in that room full of failed marriages, I was so struck by the lack of value for the marriage vows that permeated the legal atmosphere. All the judge was there for was to make sure the failures were fair. That the ex’s and the children would have their needs met as much as possible. My friend was not married in a church or in the presence of witnesses. And he realizes much of what has contributed to his poor decisions. But I couldn’t help but think about how God feels about the cheapening of this beautiful thing He set up at the beginning of time. It reminded me that God should be the One joining 2 lovers together. And when He does it, and He is relied on to keep them together, we would not need another judge. Let no man tear apart!