Divorce is not some infectious disease that you can catch. Divorced people are not second class citizens in Gods kingdom, (not to Him anyway

Well these are two things. On the second I agree. On the first, while not literally a virus...you betcha its catching and spreads. Ive seen it, and read about it. When one "girlfriend" gets a divorce, several consider it, they watch with keen interest how it goes, how "happy" the new free one is. And they come in groups, 2, 3, 4 divorces in extended friend groups. Im not for keeping my wife or anyone away from people, thats not the point. But lets not be to ready to dismiss the idea that it doesnt spread like a germ It does indeed.

chosenone,

I am retired from an airline, and we have a saying, "there is nothing more useless than runway behind you, or spent fuel."  Have you noticed how the cockpit is always in the front of the aircraft?  The II Vatican Council produced the 16 documents of our faith and our calling as Christians in the modern World. A whole series of renewal movements began in the people, and one of these is the Charismatic Renewal that you and I share as Charismatics. Being a Charismatic is not about our past mistakes.  It is an awakening of our faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ.

Let me be sarcastic and say those who agree with you here essentially just are not as sophisticated as those who have, as one guy puts it, "harmonized the word" (redefines it). I tend to agree with you though so I am not sophisticated either.

I will say this that even though I do not like divorce either, but have been through two of them myself and as devastating as they were to me I felt like God would condemn me to hell because I was a Christian divorced women and was told by many that God would not love me anymore until I studied His word through His Spirit and found that there are circumstances that allow you to leave your mate. I will say one thing for myself that during the time of my last divorce until I remarried again opened my Spiritual eyes and brought me to a closer relationship with Jesus and his word and truly who he is in my life. God also showed me how to look for the right mate that was Christ centered and yes today God has restored many things back to me that I never had before and now my husband of 12 years and I enjoy a life full of Gods blessings of restoration and serve Him with a glad heart.

Banish you need to trust your wife more to make good and honest decisions in her life with Christ being the center of her decisions. Locking someone up so they will not associate with others you redeem not good for you and her is not only a trust issue you have with her, but not of God as how will the both of you be opened to witness to everyone you come in contact with if you choose who to ignore and who to speak with. Who were the people that God has used throughout the whole Bible, but those who were the least of the least. Do you think that Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, David and many others were perfect and did not sin, no they were the worst of the worst that the love of God spoke to and spoke through to witness His grace and mercy through. You banished are picking and choosing who to witness to and this is a very bad road and a fine line you are walking and it will be you and you alone that stands before Jesus to give an account for your life. I am not judging you, but giving you food for thought.

                             The next time you feel like God can't use you, just remember...

                                                                  Noah was a drunk
                                                               Abraham was too old
                                                             Isaac was a daydreamer
                                                                    Jacob was a liar
                                                                     Leah was ugly
                                                                 Joseph was abused
                                                      Moses had a stuttering problem
                                                                 Gideon was afraid
                                            Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
                                                             Rahab was a prostitute
                                                 Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
                                                David had an affair and was a murderer
                                                                 Elijah was suicidal
                                                              Isaiah preached naked
                                                                Jonah ran from God
                                                                 Naomi was a widow
                                                                 Job went bankrupt
                                                                 Peter denied Christ
                                                 The Disciples fell asleep while praying
                                                     Martha worried about everything
                                                  Mary Magdalene was, well you know
                                   The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
                                                            Zaccheus was too small
                                    Paul was too religious (and as Saul was a murderer?)
                                                              Timothy had an ulcer
                                                                           AND
                                                                 Lazarus was dead!
                                                        ..............no more excuses now.
                                                God can use you to your full potential.
                                   Besides you aren't the message you are the messenger.
                                                               And one more Thing
                                           God wants your availability, not your ability
 

Lotta confusion here.

When discussing DIVORCE....its not the same as discussing the divorcED.

Its like discussing theft, the act of stealing.....is very different than discussing the THEIF.

The divorcED and the THEIF....are forgivEN


yet, as something potentially coming IN THE FUTURE......divorce and theft are sins on the horizon.

Do not rationalize a sin because of the fact that afterwards it is forgiven. We dont do that for ANY sin, except divorce.

Debbie its so good to hear from another person who God has blessed and restored so much after our apparent 'failures'of the past.
God Bless you.
God is a God who LOVES to give us back all that we have lost. He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds and puts the lonely into families.

No... He still hates it then, but He is saying that it is a betrayal of the deepest kind and that sometimes, we can't remain and live in that.  He understands. 

bbbbb
chosenone,

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