September 9, 2010

This is funny to me.  I don’t remember this verse, although I’m sure I’ve read it a thousand times (ok, well maybe 10), probably just in different versions.  This is from NRSV: “…Yet those who marry will experience distress in this life, and I would spare you that” (1 Cor. 7:28).  Now, why are we always lied to about how marriage is, what it’s like, what it’s supposed to be like.  It’s hard.  And in this culture hard = bad.  So we pretend it’s only fun and only satisfying and only roses.  (Sure, it may be this way for SOME people, but I would say they’re a minority.)  And that sets people up for failure.  I don’t really know for sure that telling the truth about marriage would help anyone, but I have a suspicion that it might.  It’s probably a really good thing I don’t do pre-marriage prep because I’m sure I would scare people away.  Anyhoo, wasn’t really thinking about marriage today but just came across that verse and it made me giggle.

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