With some spiritual guidance, anything can be worked out.
Sorry to disagree with you on that. Divine intervention? That's a different story, but there is no way any priest or clergy could convince you to reconcile a serial rapist/murderer with a sane partner. The "till death do us part" comes also with a disclaimer. It assumes both partners fullfil the promises in all the wedding vows...you know, love, honor, cherish, etc. Once a partner abandons his or her promise, the deal is suspect.
Even Jesus made provisions for divorce in the Gospels...remember?
Tim - if you want to know about divine intervention please see Rose's post above mine. Maybe you'll learn something.
Rose - It's okay to disagree. All situations are different. As I stated if both parties are willing to work things out, they should be able to. Clearly there are some circumstances that won't allow both parties to seek reconciliation. If that is the case, then divorce is the only option. I guess I'm saying in my case I feel God has bigger plans for me. When I look at my little angel, I know I am doing the right thing..
We habitually erect a barrier called blame that keeps us from communicating genuinely with others, and we fortify it with our concepts of who's right and who's wrong. We do that with the people who are closest to us and we do it with political systems, with all kinds of things that we don't like about our associates or our society.
It is a very common, ancient, well-perfected device for trying to feel better. Blame others. Blaming is a way to protect your heart, trying to protect what is soft and open and tender in yourself. Rather than own that pain, we scramble to find some comfortable ground.
Sorry to disagree with you on that. Divine intervention? That's a different story, but there is no way any priest or clergy could convince you to reconcile a serial rapist/murderer with a sane partner. The "till death do us part" comes also with a disclaimer. It assumes both partners fullfil the promises in all the wedding vows...you know, love, honor, cherish, etc. Once a partner abandons his or her promise, the deal is suspect.
Even Jesus made provisions for divorce in the Gospels...remember?
Tim - if you want to know about divine intervention please see Rose's post above mine. Maybe you'll learn something.
Rose - It's okay to disagree. All situations are different. As I stated if both parties are willing to work things out, they should be able to. Clearly there are some circumstances that won't allow both parties to seek reconciliation. If that is the case, then divorce is the only option. I guess I'm saying in my case I feel God has bigger plans for me. When I look at my little angel, I know I am doing the right thing..
That's the deal right there. Like most things in life, God's got nothing to do with it.
I'd say it's more to protect what is fragile and selfish and conflicted; the ego.
I'm a huge fan of Buddhism but some practitioners (particularly Americans) get a little maudlin with it.