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What God has joined...

I feel like you know the story will be good when it starts with, "I've got this tattoo..." :) Just kidding...but I DO have this tattoo...on my left shoulder blade and it says "What God has joined, let no man tear apart." I've been struggling with those words in recent years because in my life, what God has joined, man DID tear apart. And yet, I have never wanted to cover up those words because I still believe them. Wholeheartedly. And until a little epiphany at church today I didn't get it...

Why don't I want those words laser removed? Or changed? Or covered up?

Because those words apply to anything and everything that God has joined together. Those little gems are from this site: https://www.studylight.org/commentary/mark/10-9.html.

Thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, in our lives, what has God joined? Himself and yourself. And what can no man tear apart? Himself and yourself. I think there you have it. The words are true. And truth, once revealed, shouldn't be covered up. In my case, literally. :)

There's my hope. What God has joined, let no man tear apart. My relationship with Him is solid. It is strong. It has been the glue that held even when the world tried to un-stick it. What was torn apart by man was lovingly put back together, somehow more whole by a relationship that will not end. The words that meant something because they tied me to a person have now become a statement about what is true between God and I -- and what is true between yourself and God as well!

It's my prayer for you: What God has joined, let no man tear apart. Seek Him. Find Him. Grow in Him. Connect yourself to the true vine in Jesus and let the Master Gardener keep you close. He won't separate you from that vine.


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