Some Christians have a bigger problem with divorce than adultery! - Divorce Minister
I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries.
-Jeremiah 3:8a, NIV
“Taking Adultery Seriously!”
This is the tagline for this blog. I have found in my experience as well as countless others I have encountered through this blog that Christians struggle less in condemning divorce than adultery.
It is so backwards.
However, I am not completely surprised. A divorce is a matter of public record. Adultery can be hidden for years if not decades including from one’s spouse–as some here can testify.
I am of the mind to treat divorce like a medically necessary amputation. No one sets out to loose a limb. However, it is better to loose the diseased limb than one’s life.
The “disease” of adultery is killing families and marriages. However, too many Christians are focused on the so-called evils of “amputation” when their energies would be better utilized fighting this lecherous “disease” called adultery.
I agree that not everyone SHOULD get a divorce just as I agree not everyone SHOULD have a limb amputated. However, I want to make clear that those who underwent this necessary sort of soul surgery may not consider divorce evil.
We are grateful that God gave us a way out of that dangerous place with our cheater.
I know I am.
Divorce is not the evil bogeyman in my story. Adultery is. And I assure you if you talk to even a few divorced Christians, you will find my story is not all that unique in that aspect.
