Bankruptcy Or Divorce, Only $200!

I saw a billboard on the way back tonight that said the following:

Bankruptcy or Divorce, $200

That's just another sad commentary on the state the world is in, where there is enough demand for both of these things to warrant posting a huge advertisement on the side of the freeway.

Don't care to practice good stewardship of the money you've been given and pile up debut? Forget that the wicked borrow and don't repay. Forget God's Word, just declare bankruptcy, quick and cheap!

Wives, don't care to submit to your husbands as to the Lord? Husbands, don't care to love your wives as Christ loves the church? Forget God's Word, just get divorced, quick and cheap!

Now I realize that what the Bible says doesn't matter to unbelievers, and we live in an unbelieving world. But for my brothers and sisters in Christ, let's never adopt the same attitude and heart as the rest of the world, where we can so lightly toss aside important principles given to us by our maker.

Good stewardship in all things IS important. We are not to get over our heads in debt and should make every effort to repay whatever debts we do have.

Confession, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration ARE important. God HATES divorce. Even when there are biblical grounds for it, such as sexual immorality, it is not a requirement. It is a LAST RESORT.

Let's all stay strong in the Word and let it stay strong in us, lest we get swept up by the beliefs of those that don't.

Grace and Peace