Everyone is touching someone.
It's a touching family time ... a Hallmark moment.
We're completely re-gifted.
The girls are Sarah's and Ben's ... Sarah left Ben to find herself ... married me ... I have three children who live elsewhere ... but we are one family.
It's hard to diagram.
Once in Seminary I gave a talk in class titled, "Divorce: A Great Gift from God."
It was a Southern Baptist Seminary so it didn't go over very well.
But it's true.
There is no worse sin than to waste your life with the wrong person.
Yeah, yeah, yeah ... it's selfish ... good relationships take work ... commitment ... marriage is a permanent relationship ... ordained by God ... never to be broken ... blah, blah, blah.
"For we know," says St. Paul, "that the whole creation groins and travelith in pain together until now"
We do our best.
We screw up ... dust ourselves off ... start over.
It's the way God ... and us ... create life.
50% of the people who get married divorce.
The other 50% die.
Of course the first 50% die too.
We just do the best we can.
I think everybody would be happier if we just accept it.
So last night, as I realize how much I love ... and am enjoying ... the gifts of Divorce ... as we touch one another ... love our family ... miss the Kids ... anticipate Jeremy and Terenca's wedding ... celebrate Chelsea and Sam's ... wonder what Kristen is going to do ... and really don't care what other people think ... because we've groaned for the completion of this happiness.
We know how blessed we are.
If God is love ... and love is God ... and love is all you need ... we got it.
And it was a good movie too.
