Perhaps we are not willing to look at the real cost of broken homes. Being a product of a broken home myself I can personally state the high price I had to pay as a result of being raised in a fatherless home. The emotional scars and damage caused by the harmful effects of a parent leaving were hard to overcome. I am unable to calculate the actual financial cost the broken home had on myself but I can say for a surety that it certainly had an ill effect on it.

Now I am not saying to anyone to stay in a dangerous relationship but too many marriages are destroyed for no other reason then selfishness and unforgiveness. It is no better for the Christian home than it is for the non-Christian household it would appear.

Perhaps we need to spend more time and energy on making ourselves better spouses than trying to fix our 'better half'?

"...selfishness and unforgiveness...". Now that 3 1/2 yrs. have passed, I can clearly see this was the cause in my daughter's divorce. They were Christians too. Broke our hearts.

The children *seem* well-adjusted but time will tell. The constant traveling back & forth between each parent each weekend is growing old, not to mention the gas bills.

Most divorces are the result of "I'm tired of you", "you don't meet my needs", "you're not who you said you were", "I can do better than this"....etc. (sigh)

jatfla thank you for your honest comment. There is far too much wife swapping going on and I do not mean the television show.

I will be praying for your daughter and her kids.