DON’T DIVORCE
Dr. Paul D. Meier, a noted Christian psychiatrist, wrote awhile back: “Divorce is never necessary– not even in cases where adultery is involved.” He then goes on to state: “There are only three choices for a person in an unhappy marriage. The distressed partner can: 1. divorce– America’s greatest cop-out (and by far the most immature choice); 2. tough-out the marriage without working to improve it (another immature decision but not quite as irresponsible as divorce); 3. maturely face up to personal hang-ups and choose to build an intimate marriage out of the existing one (the really mature choice to make). He continues, “in those cases where a couple takes the easy way out, they run away from facing their own hang-ups by divorcing and remarrying. Then there are four miserable people instead of just two.” He then concludes by stating: “in all the cases where both marriage partners were willing to come together for at least four sessions of counseling (even…
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