MYTH 3

THE WORLD DESCRIBES A POTENTIAL OR PRESENT SPOUSE AS A "SOUL MATE." A "SOUL MATE" ENCOURAGES A BELIEF THAT THE LOVED ONE IS: A ONE AND ONLY IN A LIFETIME MATCH FOR A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP. BECAUSE OF THIS MYTH, SOME WOMEN THINK THEY HAVE TO MARRY THE FIRST MAN WHO PROPOSES TO THEM. OTHER PEOPLE FEEL PRESSURED TO MAINTAIN A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, FOR THEY MAY NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE AT LOVE. (ONE KEY TO AVOID A BROKEN HEART IS TO GET GODLY COUNSEL PRIOR TO MAKING AN AGREEMENT FOR A MARRIAGE.) FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SPOUSE DIE, THIS MYTH OF A "SOUL MATE" ENCOURAGES THEM TO THINK OF NOT MARRYING AGAIN. THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF A WIDOW/WIDOWER REMARRYING. (ICOR. 7:39, ITIM. 5:1-16) GOD DOES ALLOW FOR SECOND CHANCES AND CAN BRING ANOTHER FIANCE/FIANCEE OR SPOUSE. THERE IS HOPE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD A BROKEN HEART. GOD CAN BRING THEM ANOTHER LOVED ONE.