Soul mates?
Here's today's Five on Faith question:
Do you think everyone has a soul-mate, someone handpicked by God?
Here's one point of view:
"I think not. The closest thing that I can recall in the Bible is the mention of a "help-meet." I don't recall God promising a soul-mate so why would God hand-pick something not promised. I recall the mentioning of when a man finds a wife he has found a good thing, but still no hand-picked soul-mate. The term soul-mate is from the viewpoint of romanticism. Since romance is associated with love and God is love, then the term soul-mate got mixed-up in religion. You know with all the church ceremonial ritual stuff, then the romantic horse & buggy ride to the reception followed by the sobering ride home from divorce court. If I'm not mistaken God is a God of choice. We can choose to put God first in our lives and marriages or just let the lawyers figure it out for us. Husbands, Wives pray for each other. Soul-mate?"
Eric F. Bowden,
Greensboro
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