Unequally Yoked

Extracted by various sources, peppered with my own thoughts.

"...Ultimately, choosing to wait is really a matter of faith. Of not settling. Of trusting God to sustain you, husband or no husband. And of sharing God's vision for marriage."

I can't go into a unequal partnership again. Regardless how I like this guy, he is not for me if it means to end up in an unequal yoke. Willfully doing this even when I know it's wrong is a sin. God wants His children to be set apart from the world.

A husband and wife are one, as Christ and the Spirit are one. Thus, to be at peace with our spouse, we should simply be at peace. Over and over the Scriptures tell us, "Be at peace with each other … Don't quarrel … Get rid of anger." "He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it."

Our God is a relational God, which is why he created Adam and Eve. The image of God is not in the man alone but in a relationship. Only through loving, harmonious relationships can God be known, for he himself exists in such a relationship through the Trinity.

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

"I will live with them and walk among them,
and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
"Therefore come out from them
and be separate, says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you."
"I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

At the end of the day, I just want to say it like Paul, 2Co 1:12 Now that the worst is over, we're pleased we can report that we've come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world--and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn't by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised.