In light of the financial crisis gripping the nation AND this being Monday, I day I dedicate my blog to my beloved wife and focus on Spouse issues AND this also being the week I dedicated to paying a "blogitory" homage to the late Paul Newman, I thought this line from his From The Terrace film covered all the bases. In the movie, Newman's character is struggling with the idea of divorcing his adulterous wife and is talking to his boss, who thinks that divorce is a worse sin than infidelity. One of his key lines in reasoning thus is this one:
"The problem of infidelity is between a husband, and wife, and God. The problem of divorce concerns the whole of civilization. What is marriage? An exchange of vows, a contract. It is my duty to myself and to any man who is working for me that he honor all his contracts. "
This past week and today in the financial world (and the political one for that matter) have all been about a lack of confidence, a lack of trust in the ability of others to honor their contracts (bad debt is really nothing more than a broken contract).
It is no less true in the marital world. I honor my wife and God by honoring my role as a husband. I am a sinner, so I often fall short of God's will for me as a husband but I am redeemed by Jesus the Messiah and by grace through faith am a saint, and therefore I strive daily to be all that my wife needs and wants and God asks me to be for her.
It is not surprising to me then that in a world that views marriage as temporary, convenient, and disposable, they likewise view debt the same way. How do we restore financial security? It might just start by honoring our vows to wives and husbands, for better or for worse.
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