"Divorce is inevitable. It's just a matter of time before it happens."
How it sounds in your head: Half your friends' parents are divorced. You've heard the statistics. You see the warning signs in your own home. You're bracing yourself for the announcement, trying to prepare your heart for what feels like it's coming.
"For the LORD God of Israel says that He hates divorce, for it covers one's garment with violence."
-- Malachi 2:16Enemy uses statistics and fear to write a future that God never authored.
The pattern is everywhere—friends going between two houses, awkward holidays, split families. When so many marriages fail, yours feels like it's next in line.
The Shunammite's son was completely DEAD—not sick, not dying, but DEAD. Elisha stretched himself over the dead child, and the child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. From death certificate to full life in moments.
I REFUSE the lie that divorce is inevitable in my family. IT IS WRITTEN that God HATES divorce and fights against it. What looks inevitable to man is IMPOSSIBLE when God intervenes. The Shunammite's DEAD son came back to life—my parents' marriage can come back to life too. The BARAK blessing of covenant protection covers my family. IT IS WRITTEN that nothing is impossible with God. Statistics bow to Scripture. I declare that my parents will beat the odds because God's Word trumps worldly patterns. Our family stays together.
The Father isn't wringing His hands wondering if your parents will make it. He's already decided—He hates divorce and fights for marriages with the same fury He used to split the Red Sea. Your family is His battle, and He doesn't lose.