Like Moses, we are afraid of failing. Even when the LORD speaks directly to us---we ponder failure. This is part of our brokenness. We question and do not trust God's plan for us--the plan of reconciliation, justice, grace, mercy and love.
This passage dealing with divorce in Matthew makes us uncomfortable. Most of us are touched by divorce in one way or another. Jesus is lifting up for us a vision of the Kingdom of God---what marriage looks like in God's realm. And Jesus acknowledges the brokenness, the hardness of heart, in this realm that makes divorce an unhappy reality. Our uncomfortableness comes from the fact that Jesus has so accurately put his finger on our sin---a hardness of heart. A hardness of heart that leads to all kinds of division and separation.
May we today, this day, may we trust in God's plan for us---a plan to soften and widen our hearts---turning our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. Expect the Holy Spirit.
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