As Jesus set out to teach in Mark 10, He wasn’t met with open hearts. He was met with a trap.
“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
The Pharisees weren’t looking for truth—they were looking to twist it.
And it hit me this morning…how often am I tested not by open rejection, but by subtle resistance—people who don’t understand the call on my life, or who live in opposition to it?
It’s easy to get pulled into debates.
But Jesus didn’t take the bait. He went straight to the heart.
He exposed the real issue—not legal nuance, but heart condition.
He wasn’t afraid to name the ways we trade covenant for convenience, connection for control.
What started as a conversation about divorce became a mirror for every relationship I’m in—starting with my marriage, but extending to my relationship with God. It’s all connected.
“What God has joined together, let no one separate.”
This isn’t a passage of condemnation—it’s a call to sacred perseverance.
Marriage isn’t a contract.
It’s a covenant.
And becoming “one flesh” doesn’t happen at the altar. It happens over time.
Through forgiveness.
Through humility.
Through seasons of pain and joy and rebuilding.
Through death to self.
Jesus never shames those with broken pasts.
He confronts those who twist Scripture for power and position.
He protects what’s sacred.
And that’s what we’re called to do too.
In our marriages.
In our friendships.
In our leadership.
The world pushes for easy outs. Jesus calls us to fight for what matters. Not with pride or control—but with grace, mercy, and relentless love.
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