This weekend we will be focusing upon how faith impacts marriages. With all the statistics that are out there about the divorce rate and how little difference there is between those who attend church and those who don't people might wonder if it really does make a difference. I'm not going to get into the whole statistics question about 1/2 of the people married ending up divorcing because I just know that isn't correct. I've been doing weddings for over 20 years and averaging probably 10 a year and out of those approximately 200 weddings I only know of 2 that have been divorced. Now I haven't kept up with all those whose weddings I have performed but still there is no way that I'm getting even close to a number that is going to be half.
Moving on.
As I ponder this question I think there is an issue that many Jesus followers don't understand when it comes to marriage. To many people enter a marriage without knowing that the scripture that should be guiding their relationship is not 1 Cor. 13 "The greatest of these is love." but rather Matt. 10: 39 "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Until one or the other and eventually both parts of the couple figure this one out there will be tension. Sure love is great, even the selfless love of Jesus. But the love of Jesus was what led him to the cross and that is what we are called to in a marriage relationship as well. To give up our lives, to lose our wants, needs, and priorities for the benefit of a relationship in which Christ becomes visible to others.
If we all get this one figured out then the divorce rate would go down and the satisfaction level will eventually go up.
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