As Godly voters we need to look for candidates whose stance on issues are in agreement with the Bible. Otherwise the solutions they come up with will not be good solutions addressing the root problems. In the last devotional, I shared about the problem of poverty, which impacts the children for the most part. Today, I would like to address one of the causes of poverty.
Divorce a cause of poverty
Single family homes have a greater likelihood to live in poverty. According to povertyusa.org, 31% of single family homes with no husbands live in poverty. 50% of families become single family homes due to divorce. While some divorces are justified, we cannot excuse 50% divorce rate that has impacted half of our families.
If we desire to reduce poverty in our nation, we should look at a large number of divorces happening in our society. The government regulates various areas of society such as prescription drugs, communications, commerce, pollution, etc. but when it comes to marriage we allow society to do as they wish regardless of its consequence to the children! If we believe that children are our future, then we should do what we can to support strong marriages. The church and the government should look for ways to assist those who are seeking help for their marriage. The government has waiting periods to purchase guns. Maybe we should have waiting period for those who want to marry! If we desire to address the root issues of poverty, we need to help people develop stability in their marriages and families.
Unfortunately, marriage has become a political issue in our society because people think they can have an opinion about its definition. We need leaders who understand and believe the true idea of marriage and are not willing to cave in to the pressure of public opinion.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
“For the Lord God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one’s garment with violence,” Says the Lord of hosts. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously.” Malachi 2:16
God defined marriage as one man and one woman. He also declared that He hated divorce. It is only the recent “enlightened” leaders who are trying to appease the masses with their newly found definition of marriage. Some of our talented lawmakers coined the term “no fault divorce” to excuse a failure of our society to look deeper within to our true sinful condition.
We have reduced marriage to a feeling of love between two people who just want to be together. If a solid long lasting marriage could be achieved that simply, we would not have over 50% divorce rate in our nation. That should make any intelligent observer question the validity of the argument.
I will continue with this subject in the next devotional.
