Steve Sikes Blog
Steve Sikes Blog
I don’t know if you saw the two nationally syndicated articles last week – side by side – both focusing on centurion-plus women.
In one article, a Malaysian woman, 107 years of age, was married to husband #22 and worried he might leave her; if he did, she was prepared to marry husband #23!
The second article also featured a 107 year-old woman who had just gotten married for the very first time! The first woman was quoted as saying, “My intention to re-marry is to fill my forlornness, and nothing more than that.”
Loneliness is hard enough to deal with, but forlornness seems worse! Simply put, forlornness is loneliness without any hope, draped in misery. Uggh!
The antidote? (It’s sure not marrying 23 times – that’s misery!) But note the beginning and end of the Gospel of Matthew:
*(Matthew 1:21) God’s angel told Joseph that, “She (Mary)
will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He
will save His people from their sins.” (Now that’s HOPE!)
*(Matthew 1:23; 28:20) “…THEY SHALL CALL HIS
NAME IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD
WITH US”…”and lo, I am with you always, even to the
end of the age.” (Now that’s COMPANIONSHIP!)
PEOPLE NEED THE LORD! God is good! Mr. Steve