The Solution To All Of Our Problems

The Solution To All Of Our Problems

The county I live in (Maricopa) has a divorce rate of 71%. The social issues of babies born out of wedlock abortion aids drug addiction homelessness and poverty in general is higher then the national averages too. But that divorce rate is disgusting.  71% are you kidding me. Now what I am about to write will offend a lot of people including Christians. We have been on a soap box in recent yrs about what marriage is what marriage isn’t and the whole time the divorce rate of the Body of Christ rivals if not mirrors society in general. We are not setting the cultural temp. We are following it.

I am in my second marriage. I am a divorcee.  I have been married for nearly a yr. And let me tell you I have the greatest wife in the world. Sorry guys its true. Eat your heart out. But about 3 months in things started getting crazy. We started arguing. And it took some time but I noticed something a lot of the arguments I was having I had already had before. Could God be trying to tell me something and if He was would I listen. I am just gonna keep it real. It was like a pounding wind that just would not let up. It got so bad I would wake up go downstairs and watch tv and she would wake up get some food and go back upstairs…One night it happened. I could not take it anymore. I do not want to be a statistic. 71% is crazy that means nearly 3 of every 4 couples that I know are statistically speaking going to get divorced. I got honest with myself. The problem was me and the issue was sin. Period. All the soft counseling words all the TV language no Dr. Phil crap..point blank I don’t have issues I have sin. I had to repent. It was at that point. The point of repentance that God began to move on our behalf. I say our behalf because my repentance and honestly with my wife about led her to her repentance.

There is not one issue or problem I have in my life that old fashioned repentance can’t solve.

Now we all want to do and achieve great things. As Christians we all want to see revival in our land. We want to see our country change. We have killed a whole generation of people in legalized abortion. We are building prisons faster then we are building colleges. And now I watched on TV how some colleges aka trade schools are misrepresenting their institution and the job market for their career paths and are wasting millions of federal money to the point where fafsa is about to be overhauled. Our country is in deep doodoo and needs a massive overhaul. But I tell you this it all starts with me. Let me get the tune up. Let us men turn to God individually and watch God move his mighty hand. No me repenting did not dent the divorce rate nor did it prevent an abortion or cut the drug rate. But it did keep me out of all those catogories. My home is experiencing extreme revival where we used to have extreme threats and accusations we are now sharing extreme affection. We will not change the culture of our community city state country and world until we change the culture of our homes. If we as Christians just did not get divorced can you imagine what that would do to the national divorce rate. Can you imagine what a statement that would be. And we would not have to talk people into coming to church then. Or drag them or beg them or wait till something special. If we stay married we will have to all build bigger auditoriums. Its true. Cause People would come out of curiosity. If we get our homes in order. It will eliminate the time and energy spent on in reach so we could be more productive fiscally and physically at outreach…Just a thought. Hey either way I am going to stay on me knees and keep repenting every time I see something jacked up about me. And I am going to keep praying with my wife daily. Repentance and Prayer The two things that will solve all of our problems. HMM could it be so simple