THE CHILDREN’S BREAD
– DIVORCE –
22nd. September 2023.
SCRIPTURE
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?“
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11, NLT.
Child of God, with this writing, I would want to begin by asking a question, which this writing will seek to answer as we delve into it, and that is:
Can a CHILD OF GOD, who genuinely loves the LORD GOD and who has been up to date with following God and submitting to His ways, at any time, GET OUT OF CHARACTER?
From my experience, the answer is, “Yes, to some extent.” As a human being, to some extent it is very possible to get out of your character when you are being stretched beyond your human endurance, nonetheless, you will by no means get out of your character in God (?)
In such times, you may find yourself very unhappy, angry, irritated, somewhat depressed like Elijah and most prophets of God Almighty were, at one point in time or the other in their struggles to make sense of the ugly scenes they had to contend with. You may become intolerant to things you would otherwise have easily tolerated, or maybe over-looked. I mean, not praying or studying the Bible is not consistent with my character as a born again Christian, yet, I have found myself for a while, not in the mood to pray or even read my Bible, which is not consistent with who I am. Don’t forget, that as a Prophet of God, being in a situation, or in an environment that doesn’t encourage your spirit to connect with God is like feeding you with poison which is intended to destroy you. Thus, I am being reminded of the phrase, that says, “man know thyself!”, and because I know myself, it makes me to sometimes fume at the very thing, situation or person I know to be directly or indirectly, partly or fully responsible for it – Ultimately, it is the enemy of our souls who is pulling the strings, by using such things or people to try to weaken us spiritually, as to slow us down in our walk with God and in his attempt to weaken our resolve to continue foiling his evil activities against the children of God Almighty.
Not smiling for an extended period of time is not who I am, yet, I find myself for a while doing just that – Not smiling at all, thus, on a consistent basis, I have to deploy every means necessary, but permitted by God to contend with such a problem, not just to smile again, but also laugh – It’s been very effective, thanks to God Almighty!
There are qualities which has been part of my character for years and since the season leading to the separation, as well as while waiting for the divorce to be finalized, it gets harder to maintain such qualities. Now, for those of you who love to pervert the word of God or anything I write or say, then, that which you must do, go ahead and do it quick should God permit you, but I am saying this to those who are not perverted in their souls, that even during such trying times, I have not for once hopped into any bed with anyone; within or without – Therefore, in that area, although a couple of temptations have come my way, such which I never anticipated possible, yet, by God’s grace, I have been able to resist them.
Is that possible sister Susan?
Well, it is possible, and can be done by anyone who is a true follower of Christ.
Is it easy?
Absolutely not, and as a matter of truth, it can even be harder by day, but for those of us who are true followers of Jesus Christ and who understand the concept of carrying our cross daily and following HIM, it is indeed by HIS grace; that same grace which we all love to quote as having set us free, as well as the same grace which we always say is sufficient for us, and which we love to attribute our callings to. Yes, it is that very grace which in that particular area of our struggles, temptations or weaknesses that proves herself as sufficient for us. Thus, regardless of how hard it truly is in such trying times, when we find ourselves in certain areas of our lives, getting out of our human good characters, due to being stretched by situations and circumstances which are beyond our human control, God’s unfailing grace which is always sufficient for us in those areas, will help us behave in ways that protects our virtues in God, as a result, will always make them remain in-tact!
If you have ever truly suffered to cultivate a relationship with God, and what I mean by that is, that if you have ever truly sacrificed at least something very precious to you just for the sake of knowing Christ in the fellowship of His suffering, as well as desiring to know Him in the power of His resurrection, then, I promise you child of God, that regardless of the situation you may find yourself in, or be thrust into, it will be easier for you to let go of other things, but very difficult for you to let go of those wonderful and Godly virtues which you have acquired, which by the way, was never given to you on a platter of gold.
IS DIVORCE FUN?
Absolutely not!
Child of God, I am going to be very honest with you; for a genuine child of God, getting a divorce as well as going through the process is not easy at all. One of the reasons why it is not easy is because we never anticipated to ever go through one, thus, never had the need to plan for it at any time. It is not as easy for us who are genuine believers as it is for those, who are not, due to the fact that we are still expected by God Almighty during such seasons to abide by HIS rules, which is what those who are not genuine believers do not have to worry about. Thus, separation and divorce is not what any true follower of Christ should be happy about, neither is it something anyone should glorify. That notwithstanding, I will not stop insisting on the fact, that if you know beyond every “Godly” and reasonable doubt, that the salvation and protection of your soul, as well as your relationship with our Holy God and His Christ depends on it, then, it is worth every suffering; pain, rejection, criticism, insult, lies, character defamation, or stigma you might have to go through, due to it.
LAST EDITED ON 21st. April 2024 😊
Child of God, be happy and stay blessed.
Jesus loves you!
Yours sister – Susan