05/01/11 -

Divorce was rampant in the days of Malachi the prophet, yet the people of Israel and Judah could not understand why God paid no attention to them:

You ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.  Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring] So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
~ Malachi 2:14-15