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“He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.  And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery” (Matthew 19:8-9).

Because of the hardness of our hearts, we are permitted divorce, but it has not been this way from the beginning.  God has told us the order of things, but we twist things around to do what is right in our own mind.  This perverts what God has intended.  The righteous do not live this way.  The Lord is creating in us clean and pure hearts that love as He loves.  Be led by how the Lord intends things to be.

Lord, help me to not stray from the narrow path by looking for excuses to do what I want.  But also, let me not go down the wide road of self-righteousness.  Many things happen in this age in which our world is filled with broken people and relationships.  Each has its own story which tells the truth that this is not what You have intended.  Keep me away from immorality and lead me in the way of purity.

Lord, I too have the sin-sickness of having a hard heart.  Raise in me compassion, mercy, and grace for others and keep me from living as though I understand these things.  I do not.  Help me to look to You and lead me through all the pride, hardness of heart, and other difficulties that come my way.  May I not take the wide road of what is allowed in this age but live in the way that You have intended from the beginning.  Amen.

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