When Being alone is Preferable
Jan 18, 2024 10:42:19 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Jan 18, 2024 10:42:19 GMT -5
When Being alone is Preferable
Proverbs 21:19 — ‘Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.’ [husband]
However, God does want his servants to try to remain with difficult spouses and to have the same patience with the spouse as a Christian would have with everyone else:
However, God also makes an allowance for us to leave if none of our efforts work.
In a way, you honor a fool by staying and leading others to believe the abuser is a good spouse.
Yes, your abuser spouse is the pig in this analogy, and remaining in the relationship is throwing a valuable things for the piggish spouse to trample on.
Avoid social contact with an unrepentant sinner (Matt. 18:17). This fits your abuser.
Your abuser spouse is obviously creating a division within a sacred, God-ordained relationship: marriage.
So there are biblical principles that do lend support to choosing solitude over a pernicious relationship after all other Christian efforts at finding a solution have failed.
Although having spouse companionship can be very pleasant, it can also be intolerable. The following applies to both men and women who find themselves in an intolerable marriage situation. Words in brackets are mine.
Proverbs 21:9 — ‘Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.’ [husband]
Proverbs 21:19 — ‘Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.’ [husband]
However, God does want his servants to try to remain with difficult spouses and to have the same patience with the spouse as a Christian would have with everyone else:
“If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink” (Proverbs 25:21).
Here are some Bible verses that lend support for leaving such a situation:
1 Samuel 25.
“Leave the presence of a fool” (Prov. 14:7).
Your abuser spouse is a fool.
Don’t give honor to a fool (Prov. 26:8).
In a way, you honor a fool by staying and leading others to believe the abuser is a good spouse.
“Do not throw your pearls before pigs” (Matt. 7:6).
Yes, your abuser spouse is the pig in this analogy, and remaining in the relationship is throwing a valuable things for the piggish spouse to trample on.
Avoid social contact with an unrepentant sinner (Matt. 18:17). This fits your abuser.
Shun all who cause divisions (Rom. 16:17).
Your abuser spouse is obviously creating a division within a sacred, God-ordained relationship: marriage.
So there are biblical principles that do lend support to choosing solitude over a pernicious relationship after all other Christian efforts at finding a solution have failed.