YOU CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER IN MARRIAGE NOT GOD:
(NB: God did not make Eve Adam's wife.....The bible says God "brought her to the man" - The Hebrew interpretation of this is He "paraded her"
Adam CHOSE to marry Eve. It was Adam, not God, who said "this is the flesh of my flesh and the bone of my bones, she shall be called woman". What Adam did pertains to an ancient Hebrew principle that what you name, becomes yours.)
Furthermore the 1st thing the serpent destroyed was not marriage - as God never annulled Adam and Eve's marriage after the fall. What the serpent helped destroy was man's presence in the Kingdom of God.... and that is exactly what Christ brought back. That is why His 1st proclamation in Mark 1:15 was "the time has come, the Kingdom of God has come near" (i.e has arrived)
In terms of choosing a spouse here are some biblical examples:
God told the children of Israel in exile "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage.... " (Jer 29:5-6) Note that He did NOT say I will find/choose spouses for your sons/daughters.
Solomon said "He who FINDS a wife, finds a good thing" (Proverbs 18:22). Note this did NOT say he who God chooses a wife for finds a god thing. To find is an active choice on the part of the groom.
Finally my sister, may I implore you not to judge the soul of another ... for you do not know its contents nor did you create it nor do you know of the relationship that soul has with its creator. That is why Christ said in Matt 7:1 "Do not Judge......"
The intent of my post is not to slap you down or insist you are wrong but to point out that it is our responsibility to choose our spouse, although as with other choices we make,THIS CAN BE PRAYERFULLY DONE!!!
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