ONE FLESH JOINED BY GOD

Mark 10: 5-6 - "Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.  But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female".
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"...AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH".

In today's society, most will say that keeping the vow of marriage is getting harder and harder.  Because of too many distractions and temptations, husbands and wives just simply fell to these, without even giving a fight.

They have always thought that they also need to be happy.  They have always thought that they always have a choice.  They have always thought that they need also to be free, if their marriage is not working anymore.

I am not a judge on that.  My marriage has been on the rocks also before.  But we hold on.  We tried to "calm the storm" and hold on to each other when the storm is passing.  We had a choice to be free then, but we chose to remain in God and His will.

And the State, instead of pushing for reforms in keeping up with the family tradition, is not helping also.  They are pushing for divorce, citing the separation of Church and the State.

But Jesus us very clear on this.  "What God has joined together, no human being must separate".  And whoever divorces their spouse and marries another commits adultery.  But our hearts cannot accept this.  We try to harden our hearts about this command and reality, and try to insist that we have a choice and freewill.

To those who are in this situation now, may the Lord God enlighten your mind.  May the Lord God continue to enlighten your heart so you may consider keeping your vow of marriage.  And may the Lord God continue to bless your union, and forever accept Him in your family.

+ Let us pray:  Almighty Father, bless the family.  Bless the union of marriage of every wives and husbands.  May they continue to bring back to You their married life and be blessed in You.  For those who have hardened their hearts, may they realize their limitations and repent back to You.  You have joined men and women to form a family dedicated to You, and may no one separate this union.  Amen +