I'm not even going to bother quoting scripture (but there are plenty of them which totally back up what I'm about to say), but God himself entered into a covenant with the nation of Israel which he likened to a marriage covenant repeatedly, only to have her repeatedly commit spiritual adultery against him, and he ultimately gave her a writing of divorce.
Was God "blinded"?
Of course, he was not.
In my estimation, most people (and this includes most professing Christians) have no clue whatsoever (simply because many of them don't want to) what marriage is really all about. It's about a lot more than a couple cuddling together on a couch and watching a movie while sitting inside their house with a nice, white picket fence running around it.
In my particular case, my ex had some extremely serious problems. For example, witchcraft ran generationally in her family (in fact, my ex was literally practicing to become a literal witch in her native country of Panama before coming here to America for her sister's wedding, which is when she and I met), and I literally cast many different demons out of her in Jesus' name. I also prayed for her with a mutual friend of ours at that time, and a tumor literally came out of her private regions (she had been diagnosed with a form of uterine cancer in Panama). She also, as I didn't learn until about a month or so after we were married, had been repeatedly sexually molested by her own father between the ages of 5 and 6 years old, so she had some very serious psychological problems which required a lot of counseling and a lot of compassion.
Then, of course, there's our three children and their lives, and a whole host of other things to consider.
Anyhow, I can assure you that my eyes were WIDE OPEN when I got married. In fact, I spent the day before my wedding fasting and praying because I was seriously considering calling off my wedding, but God told me to go through with it.
Was God "blinded"?
Of course, he was not.
In my estimation, most people (and this includes most professing Christians) have no clue whatsoever (simply because many of them don't want to) what marriage is really all about. It's about a lot more than a couple cuddling together on a couch and watching a movie while sitting inside their house with a nice, white picket fence running around it.
In my particular case, my ex had some extremely serious problems. For example, witchcraft ran generationally in her family (in fact, my ex was literally practicing to become a literal witch in her native country of Panama before coming here to America for her sister's wedding, which is when she and I met), and I literally cast many different demons out of her in Jesus' name. I also prayed for her with a mutual friend of ours at that time, and a tumor literally came out of her private regions (she had been diagnosed with a form of uterine cancer in Panama). She also, as I didn't learn until about a month or so after we were married, had been repeatedly sexually molested by her own father between the ages of 5 and 6 years old, so she had some very serious psychological problems which required a lot of counseling and a lot of compassion.
Then, of course, there's our three children and their lives, and a whole host of other things to consider.
Anyhow, I can assure you that my eyes were WIDE OPEN when I got married. In fact, I spent the day before my wedding fasting and praying because I was seriously considering calling off my wedding, but God told me to go through with it.
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