tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post7585742945399749925..comments2023-09-07T04:43:10.746-04:00Comments on Building His Body: Question of the Week: What is Marriage?Anne Lang Bundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-80138897350348141092010-09-03T11:54:21.997-04:002010-09-03T11:54:21.997-04:00T ~
Your friend's wounds ... I'm at a los...T ~<br /><br />Your friend's wounds ... I'm at a loss for words. I've seen so many women abandoned by their husbands through divorce. I've counseled many of them. I still don't know if anything but time can mitigate the pain of that void / vacancy, chasm / gulf.<br /><br />Those four words are at the root of the Greek <i>chēra</i>, usually tranlated "widow," but which I would apply to any woman whose husband dies to her. Do you recall that woman's "curse" was not only the travail of childbirth (which only <i>begins</i> with the monthly shedding of blood), but also her desire for man, a soul desire distinctly different from man's physical drive—?<br /><br />Even so, I would balance the truth one shares with a divorced woman. Paul made abundantly clear that the woman whose husband leaves is no longer bound to him. In the same context, he said that she is happier serving the Lord if she remains unmarried. Paul qualified that the ability to remain unmarried and not burn with passion is a gift from the Lord: those without the gift should marry rather than burn; those who receive that gift should remain unmarried.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-18352180104141811072010-09-03T11:39:09.162-04:002010-09-03T11:39:09.162-04:00David ~
My goal is to keep posts under 500 words,...David ~<br /><br />My goal is to keep posts under 500 words, so I hope I stay honest about not adding too much. <br /><br />Even so, there's so much more I would have liked to say about both the sanctity and challenges of marriage. Some of it will appear in the comments.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-30493064546905998562010-09-03T11:36:24.045-04:002010-09-03T11:36:24.045-04:00Steve ~
Thanks for this second invite. I already ...Steve ~<br /><br />Thanks for this second invite. I already have more blogs in my reader than I can keep up with. I consider adding a blog either because it offers information I need, or because it's written by someone who's taken the time to establish rapport with me and I'm just interested in what they're saying.<br /><br />May you hear God's Spirit in His Word.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-86901827684703700522010-09-03T01:23:53.129-04:002010-09-03T01:23:53.129-04:00i like how you cut to the chase. we tend to justif...i like how you cut to the chase. we tend to justify , rationalize, and minimze Gods word. It is what it is. Thank you for telling it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-17302473660006873992010-09-03T00:31:22.194-04:002010-09-03T00:31:22.194-04:00(For whatever reason I'm unable to comment on ...(For whatever reason I'm unable to comment on B&B) Great post and toxic in a sense. So many grey areas interpreted by Christians and the like. I've always wondered about divorce in this regard; a good friend of mine had her husband up and leave. He remarried and started a new family with someone else. She was *devastated* and yet she's still single years later. I wondered if by encouraging her to date if I would be encouraging her to sin? A verse regarding adultery sticks in my mind and I can't find the reference right now so I'll have to get back to you on that. He's no longer her husband and I don't know his standing with the Lord.Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428noreply@blogger.com