Current mood: bummed
We live in an age of Secular Humanism, where right and wrong are considered in the eye of the beholder. "No Fault Divorce," alternative lifestyles, and non-marriage partnerships are hailed and granted moral equivalency, which is contrary to the Word of God.
By God's design and purpose, marriage is meant to be a lifetime commitment between a man and woman. So what is the fruit of this godless void, this secular utopia where the sanctity of marriage is defiled and people hold on to their automobile longer than their spouse?
63% of youth suicides are from broken homes
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from broken homes
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from broken homes
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from broken homes
71% of all high school dropouts come from broken homes
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from broken homes
70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from broken homes
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a broken home
Malachi 2:13-16
13 Another thing you do: You flood the LORD's altar with tears. You weep and wail because He no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. 14 You ask, "Why?" It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
15 Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
16 "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel…