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But the law is no longer observed
I write again that America is always full of surprises. I read yesterday of an old law of the state of Kentucky, which prohibited a man to have more than four wives at Throughout his life, widowhood, divorce, abandonment and even including bigamy. I have found, however, a logical defense of the law and therefore I remain slightly confused. Why were allowed, for example, three wives and five?
It was, perhaps, of a bill based on economic, health, families, too many or, perhaps, of moral hazards? I'm afraid I'll never know.
Perhaps the legislators had decided that a normal man would not have succeeded, in one life, to love more than four women with all my heart, however hard he tried. Or had pity on him and did not want that it should bear the criticism and claims of more than four women during una sola vita.
La Bibbia propone, comunque, il matrimonio fra un solo uomo e una sola donna per tutta la vita come la norma, anche se un secondo matrimonio, se il primo coniuge muore, non è vietato.
Nei secoli passati, non era raro che una moglie morisse durante il parto e che il marito si trovasse con diversi figli da accudire¸ oppure che un marito morisse sul lavoro o in altri incidenti, e una donna si trovasse con più figli da curare e educare. In questi casi, era più che normale pensare ad un secondo matrimonio.
Ma, ai tempi nostri, questi casi di necessità sono più rari e spesso un secondo,terzo o quarto matrimonio sono risultati di divorzi basati su scelte personali di preferenza o convenience.
We often hear the lament: "I do not love you anymore!" Or "I'm in love with another." In fact, rather than a complaint, it is a simple confession.
But love is not a disease of adolescents, which is short and leaves no aftermath.
True love is a serious commitment, to be taken seriously as an adult. Love is not a play the lottery, but the only possible basis of the promises of a marriage that lasts a lifetime.
Therefore, the person acknowledges that its serious flaws, immaturity and selfishness, compared with the defects, immaturity and selfishness of the other spouse, do not promise a smooth ride through the vicissitudes of life, but, rather, leads to many reefs, storms and battles that only a deep love be able to face and overcome.
In marriage, each spouse is forced to recognize and solve problems and dangers arising from their own faults, but realistically you realize the shortcomings of the person who has married, promising fidelity and love until death.
fact, marriage is, among other things, but not limited to, a kind of minefield, in which the spouses are working selflessly and humbly for mine clearance and make a garden of peace and joy.
That is, a garden of love.
If you're not there yet arrived, working with patience and with the power of new life that Christ gives you. It is a road that can be full of problems and difficult changes, but also will give you moments of extreme happiness and pleasure that no report could give.
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