I'm not from Missouri, the "Show-Me" state ...but you may be.

So, for your benefit, I'll say, "Show me one time in the Bible where multiple marriages didn't cause conflict."  

I guess I'll have to back up a bit.

Many don't like to hear that marriage is supposed to be 'one man and one woman'. 

It is not just supposed to be a man and a woman, but 'one' of each.

It could be arguably said, isn't 'one' enough trouble? 

Pastor Myron's insight is that marriage is designed for conflict.

Now this is not a disgruntled pastor speaking.  Myron is one of my favorite people to talk with.  The wisdom that is associated with that statement, is that development and growth often comes about through struggles.  It doesn't always happen that way, but it is supposed to. 


That is called maturity. 

Look at the maturity of a caterpillar. To turn into the beautiful butterfly, it first has to go through a struggle.

And part of the struggle is to move out of our box, and to acknowledge the give-and-take involved.  That doesn't mean that you give and I'll take ...that's another story, and involves ideologies argued within government reform. 

There is a higher level of maturity involved when a man and woman decide to continue to work on a marriage that may not be either's idea of marital bliss.

God didn't make us like other creatures, to roam about and mate according to whatever whims or reasons.  But mating is necessary, as each of us who exist, are a result of the process.

That process brings about two people, one man and one woman ...and there are differences beyond the physiological; differences that have to be worked out to provide a healthy home for each and every child, a result of that union and preferably maintaining that union.