Throw whatever divorce rate statistic you want at me. As depressingly startling those outrageous numbers are, it's not the rate that gets me worked up. Nor is it the fact that the divorce rate within Christianity is the same as that of outside. It's situations like the following two:
Awhile ago, I was sitting in a local BreadCo working on some studies. A few tables away there was a group of men and women getting ready to begin a meeting. Before the meeting began, I overheard a lady from the group talking to a coworker about a man they both knew and his marriage. She said, "I just think it's great how he's been able to manage to stay married to the same woman for as long as he has. And the weird thing is that they actually seem to be happy."
A few days later, I was at church setting up for a wedding. The groom arrived several hours early. I was actually pretty impressed that he was the first member of the wedding party on scene. As I passed him in the hallway he looked at his watch and made a comment to the extent of "I still have time to run." An hour or so later as I was mopping a floor one of his groomsmen made a joke to me saying, "hey man, you could have it worse today than mopping floors-- it could be you getting married today."
There is so much that could be said here, but this is why the divorce rate is so high. It's not completely because of the problems that come up in marriage, but the attitudes people have towards it.
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