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Song of Solomon, chapter 3, verse 4.

Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves, I held him and would not let him go until I

brought him into my mother's house and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

What I love about this picture in verse 4 of chapter 3 and Sono Solomon is the way it illustrates

God's original design for marriage in Genesis 2, 24, when we read about how a man and his

woman will leave their families and cling to one another and become one flesh. and each other to hold on to each other which is exactly what song Solomon 3.4 says I held

him and would not let him go and I just think about how there is an adversary in this world who is constantly attacking marriages and wants a husband and a wife to let go of love or one another.

And even as I say that, I know there are many who may be listening to this who either in a marriage you have been a part of or as a child witnessing a marriage between your mom and dad you've seen that marriage or experienced that

marriage letting go, breaking apart. And part of what I want to do is just

pray for an extra measure of grace and hope and renewed joy and strength

and redemption over you and all the hurt that you've either experienced in marriage or hurt you've experienced

and watching a marriage let go in this way.

And at the same time I want to lead us to pray for

marriages that are barely holding on right now

that they would hold on and not let go

and that God would give grace and strength and help and all that's needed.

There's so many different circumstances, so many different situations.

I want to be really careful not just to give

blanket or overly simplistic answers to questions even about when the Bible says

divorce is permissible.

And in the same time, I want us to pray

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