Still Single After All These Years

[hmh]

Forget all that dating garbage and worrying about getting married. Focus on God instead.

[Gerioke]

Brush your teeth and wash behind your ears.

[truesunn]

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[Gerioke]

I understand where Nebula is coming from. One of the benifits of the pre arranged marriage is that you're pretty much gauranteed a virgin spouse. No emmotional baggage. No wondering whether he/she is thinking of you or some ghost from the past.

I wonder how much spiritual bondage comes from a typical second marriage/3rd boy/girl friend and so on?

[truesunn]

How can I put this nicely... BACKWOODS?

I don't think God intended for young people to be forced into loveless marriages with a complete stranger who may have absolutely nothing in common with you, or very different ideas on how to raise kids, manage money, etc. How are you expected to be fruitful and multiply with a spouse you don't love or aren't attracted to? Just curious...

[truesunn]

[quote name='Bro David

[Gerioke]

How can I put this nicely... BACKWOODS?

I don't think God intended for young people to be forced into loveless marriages with a complete stranger who may have absolutely nothing in common with you, or very different ideas on how to raise kids, manage money, etc. How are you expected to be fruitful and multiply with a spouse you don't love or aren't attracted to? Just curious...

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Hey, I never said it was ideal. I married a divorced woman. But in a perfect world we would all have virgin spouses and a chalet by the beach.

[truesunn]

How can I put this nicely... BACKWOODS?

I don't think God intended for young people to be forced into loveless marriages with a complete stranger who may have absolutely nothing in common with you, or very different ideas on how to raise kids, manage money, etc. How are you expected to be fruitful and multiply with a spouse you don't love or aren't attracted to? Just curious...

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Hey, I never said it was ideal. I married a divorced woman. But in a perfect world we would all have virgin spouses and a chalet by the beach.

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LOL And it would be 80 degrees year round in Michigan here hahaha

Seriously though, I guess maybe this thread is just touching on something that has been bothering me. I go to service on Weds nite, and it is a series about marriage right now. It's as if there is no place for us divorced people, and it's almost like we are looked down upon. According to God's word - (Except it be for Adultery) I am eligable to remarry within his covenant.

I believe God has a good Christian man out there for me, I just wish that I wasn't made to feel ashamed or less than others, or not worthy of a Godly man because I am a divorcee.

[Gerioke]

How can I put this nicely... BACKWOODS?

I don't think God intended for young people to be forced into loveless marriages with a complete stranger who may have absolutely nothing in common with you, or very different ideas on how to raise kids, manage money, etc. How are you expected to be fruitful and multiply with a spouse you don't love or aren't attracted to? Just curious...

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Hey, I never said it was ideal. I married a divorced woman. But in a perfect world we would all have virgin spouses and a chalet by the beach.

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LOL And it would be 80 degrees year round in Michigan here hahaha

Seriously though, I guess maybe this thread is just touching on something that has been bothering me. I go to service on Weds nite, and it is a series about marriage right now. It's as if there is no place for us divorced people, and it's almost like we are looked down upon. According to God's word - (Except it be for Adultery) I am eligable to remarry within his covenant.

I believe God has a good Christian man out there for me, I just wish that I wasn't made to feel ashamed or less than others, or not worthy of a Godly man because I am a divorcee.

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Jesus paid the price for our sins.

I was an adulterer before I got married and in a biblical sense I still am. Jesus still loves me. My wife and I take our marriage very seriously and take great pleasure in doing what is pleasing to God. Jesus wiped out our past and understands our human nature. You're divorced. You can't change that so move on and try to do better next time. God's grace to you

[truesunn]

[quote=Gerioke,Apr 29 2005, 11:10 PM

Jesus paid the price for our sins.

I was an adulterer before I got married and in a biblical sense I still am.

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So I take it you believe in perpetual sin? IE every day you live with your divorced wife you are sinning? I am not real sure about that, as God says when we are forgiven, the past is wiped away by Jesus' blood and a new life is begun. (Remember the woman with 5 husbands at the well- go and sin no more)

I was not the guilty party in my case... I fully and truly believe that God's word is literal on this and I am not bound to an adulterous husband.