Kim Kardashian Files For Divorce

Well, that's embarrassing.

.......after 72 days.

She's stated as saying, "It just didn't work out".

I wonder why. Actually, I don't wonder why. I know why. I'm reminded by something the Apostle Paul once said to the church of Corinth. He wrote,

"By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. ¹⁴ If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames."

Although Paul wasn't specifically speaking of marriage, he is talking about the church, who is Christ's bride. And if man's relationship with his wife is supposed to be a mirror of Christ's relationship with the church, then everything Paul says in relation to Christ can be applied to marriage, in my opinion.
By that logic, Paul reveals some key things about marriage.

First off, marriage is to be built on Christ, first and foremost. I've seen many weddings, built on many different foundations, and I can tell  you which ones survive and which ones don't. Hollywood alone can attest to the rate of failed marriages that aren't founded in Christ.

But does 'being a Christian' make marriage easy? Quite the contrary. I'm only 18 and I already  know how difficult marriage can be. And I've seen Christian marriages fail. Being a Christian doesn't automatically mean that your marriage passes go and collects $200.

However I stand by my beliefs that if Christ is legitimately the foundation of your life and then marriage, then by the grace of God your marriage can survive and actually be glorifying.

Paul goes on to assure the church that trials will come, and our work will be shown. Fire will test the quality of each work. Why would you want a foundation that is anything other than that of the man that bore the sin of humanity?

The end of this passage is what gets me every time. Paul is saying that the person will be saved; but only as someone who narrowly escaped the flames.

Personally, I don't want to live a life that just barely makes it. I don't want a marriage that makes it by the skin of our teeth.

I want a full life. I want a marriage full of laughter and joy.
I don't want a marriage that barely survives, or doesn't survive at all.

I don't want to be 72 days into marriage and give up.

That's just embarrassing. It's embarrassing for the entire union of marriage. The purpose of marriage is to demonstrate how Christ loves the Church. Christ doesn't give up on His people. Divorce isn't an option for Jesus, so why should it be for us?

Spend a little more time with a person before you marry them. Seek God's Will, and do not enter marriage unless you are ready for a lifelong commitment.

It's time that we take back marriage.