i'll bunny trail with you.Wade wrote:Since I typed out a post in the Mennonite view of Divorce and Remarriage and by the time I posted it became locked and got lost I would like to try and remember it and do it again here. If that is not okay then maybe it can be moved elsewhere?
When we fellowship with conservative Anabaptist's I really feel at home and connected with most all of them. I feel my heart is against divorce and remarriage but yet as what was said about culture and background my mind was struggling with this idea, and I wasn't sure if I could discredit the exception clause and wanted to read scripture right without omitting. Besides with my background being a backwoods hick where alcoholism, domestic violence, adultery and the such were not foreign. It seemed there were legitimate reasons for divorce and even possibly remarriage...
It may come as a surprise from some of my posts but my heart has been fighting with my mind about this.
Meditating about things in scripture coupled with the thread really helped exercise my mind if that is the right wording in helping it connect to what my heart had been telling.
Thank you to all for participating and really being a big help in seeking out God's will and design in this matter.
it helps to know that we are not the judge, or to judge.
there is rampant brokenness in the world, trust that your experience is not unique!
i wish it were.
we are to seek Light, Light will help all.
that does not mean there is not pain. there certainly is.
but, anyone is free to acquire Light, no matter circumstances.
it requires choice, and, most often, change.
i see no conflict in things you have shared, combined with empathy for those not so moved, or those living in abject ignorance. this is what being a Salt and Light is, in our families, and in the world.
i'm glad you have folks you are able to fellowship with. what a blessing.
i'm sure they are blessed to have you and your family.
time will bring many answers to you.