Monday, September 13, 2010

... Divorce papers...

....so this what it comes down to..... the  "in sickness and in health.. until death do you part"... it is actually , in my case, a pink folder with a few papers in them... one of them is ... yup, the marriage certificate, signed by my husband, myself, my cousin... yes, the same one, and my husband's best man... oh, and the pastor... this is one of the papers in there, then there are a few "Affidavits" ...a receipt for some fees... and there it is now... the pink little file that contains our family... waiting for a judge to sign it and by this dissolve the union that we both promised before God never to break..
A little pink folder, looking so innocent and really not at all in any way significant... the consequences though  are monumental..a message to our children, that, if married, yes, you can still get betrayed and abandoned... and: at least one parent did not believe that God can work all things out and bless and honor obedience....a message to my parents and my siblings: I was wrong... I was going to prove to them that , yes, with God you can work anything out... a message to the world: Christians get divorced almost as often and easily as unbelievers...
... but then there is the message from God.. to everyone... He has given us free choice... the world is full of trouble, but He has overcome it... so even though my "kind of" and "then again not" Christian husband made choices that were not according to what God's "Don'ts" ( Don't get hurt) are saying... God is still much bigger than any sin could ever be. He has promised to work everything out for the good of those that LOVE Him..... so, in the brokenness there will be beauty, there has been beauty... the sweet aroma of forgiveness and blessing, new opportunities, new horizons because that's God's message to everyone as well: I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future...
He keeps His promises... He is always right there... no matter what kind of papers we are putting in a pink folder... Praise God