In Matthew 19:1-12, we see that those looking for a way to make divorce easier completely miss the heart of God. Marriage is an incredibly valuable, costly, and powerful gift from God. It’s a carry-over from the Good Garden and the solution to the one imperfection: the loneliness of man. Therefore, we should regard it highly, work at it intensely, and guard it from anything that would diminish or end it. Jesus is not unaware of the difficulty of staying married, but he refuses to approve of divorce. While the technical, legal handling of this issue (especially in our current culture) is challenging, if we start and end with God’s heart in the matter, we will find ourselves empowered to keep both the spirit and letter of the law.