Divorce Fair?
Vienna to host world's first-ever 'divorce fair' (Channel News Asia 17 Oct 2007)
When i read this, my heart took a leap. According to the report,
"Vienna is to host what organisers have dubbed the world's first "divorce fair" this month, aimed at couples whose wedding dreams have turned sour and who need help in untying the knot as painlessly as possible. "
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"Nearly 50 percent of all marriages in Austria end in divorce and the figure is 66 percent in Vienna. The upcoming two-day fair is being held under the motto: "Start your life afresh". Organisers are hoping it will bloom into a twice-yearly event. "
Nothing hurts more then a divorce. As a christian, i believe strongly against divorce. I know there are people who argue that sometimes there is no choice; well, i believe there is a choice.
I know i am not going to win converts here, but i say this with all honesty, i will never look to divorce as an option, much less a choice. A marriage is a sacred union of two people far closer then any other two can become, closer even the parent child. When we opened the doors for divorce, we open a can of worms.
Christians, note that divorce is NOT part of God's plan AT ALL.
Mat 19:8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. (italics added)
God never allowed for divorce; it was allowed for because of the HARDNESS of our hearts. In any marriage, divorce is due to the hardening of hearts. When we harden our hearts and do not humble ourselves, we set ouselves up for a fall, for a violent fall. We rebel against God. I believe with God's grace, it is possible to save the marriage, more to bring LIFE back into the dead are of marriage.
When i read this, my heart took a leap. According to the report,
"Vienna is to host what organisers have dubbed the world's first "divorce fair" this month, aimed at couples whose wedding dreams have turned sour and who need help in untying the knot as painlessly as possible. "
...
"Nearly 50 percent of all marriages in Austria end in divorce and the figure is 66 percent in Vienna. The upcoming two-day fair is being held under the motto: "Start your life afresh". Organisers are hoping it will bloom into a twice-yearly event. "
Nothing hurts more then a divorce. As a christian, i believe strongly against divorce. I know there are people who argue that sometimes there is no choice; well, i believe there is a choice.
I know i am not going to win converts here, but i say this with all honesty, i will never look to divorce as an option, much less a choice. A marriage is a sacred union of two people far closer then any other two can become, closer even the parent child. When we opened the doors for divorce, we open a can of worms.
Christians, note that divorce is NOT part of God's plan AT ALL.
Mat 19:8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. (italics added)
God never allowed for divorce; it was allowed for because of the HARDNESS of our hearts. In any marriage, divorce is due to the hardening of hearts. When we harden our hearts and do not humble ourselves, we set ouselves up for a fall, for a violent fall. We rebel against God. I believe with God's grace, it is possible to save the marriage, more to bring LIFE back into the dead are of marriage.
posted by W | Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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