I was told several weeks ago there was an introduction section where I should tell about myself, and figured I would find it some day. Alas, today is that day but I have pretty much told my story in my several posts over those several weeks. But, perhaps I can throw up some kind of introduction here.
On the night of my one wedding I was told, "Oh no! Let's not do THAT tonight! I don't want us to think THAT is why we got married!" Wait a minute - THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I GOT MARRIED - I THOUGHT WE ALL GOT MARRIED FOR THAT REASON. But for the next 50 years our marriage followed HER idea of what marriage was. We actually had two children, but then that was enough so she had me get fixed so I could produce no more children. How Biblical is that? In fact, nothing about our marriage was Biblical, though she is probably the most Biblical woman I have ever known in EVERY respect except that one A wonderful woman of prayer, a wonderful Scripture reading woman. A wonderful moral woman for the most part. But though I have been a pastor these many years, it really didn't compute that I could have done something about it - or for that matter, should have done something about it. Every day of my life, yes - preceding marriage and up to today, I can scarcely think of anything else but that NEED. I doubt if that NEED ever goes away. I keep wondering what it would have been like to have a Scriptural wife.
My crying NEED however taught me more than she ever expected. I learned about God's answer to that NEED - marriage. Marriage to as many as were necessary to meeting all of that need. I always loved women, enjoyed being around them - they are so much more interesting, exciting (more than in the sexual sense), bubbly, cute, cuddly, etc. Not to mention they smell good too. God taught me about Polygamy because of my need. He showed me from His Holy Scriptures that Poly met the needs of many men and by Poly, no woman would be called upon to provide more than she thought she could.
Soooo, I introduced poly to my wife. I KNEW she would be excited to find the answer to our problem. Imagine my surprise when she was DISGUSTED by my findings and called me again what she had called me from our wedding night - a SEXAHOLIC. We drew further and further away from each other as a result of my discovery of poly. Finally, with me still talking about it, she divorced me (I know - not Scriptural, but the state accepted it). The beauty of this was that if she ever desired to marry again (what? why? huh?) she would have to come to me for what the Hebrews call a "put". She would have to ask me to put her away. She won't, but it doesn't matter anyway. So, I have been asking God for however many mates I need. I'm just 81 with a life expectancy of 120, so I can give women many years of happiness, RIGHT? But so far, God has not provided me any wife or wives and I keep asking Him. I don't want tio go outside of His will so I await His action on my behalf. If He does not provide I will be very disappointed. But I know I can withstand - I've done so for over 50 years. But I sure don't want to.
I do think I can contribute on this site, not from the experience of any marriages, but simply because I know the Bible so well, particularly now in the area of poly.
On the night of my one wedding I was told, "Oh no! Let's not do THAT tonight! I don't want us to think THAT is why we got married!" Wait a minute - THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I GOT MARRIED - I THOUGHT WE ALL GOT MARRIED FOR THAT REASON. But for the next 50 years our marriage followed HER idea of what marriage was. We actually had two children, but then that was enough so she had me get fixed so I could produce no more children. How Biblical is that? In fact, nothing about our marriage was Biblical, though she is probably the most Biblical woman I have ever known in EVERY respect except that one A wonderful woman of prayer, a wonderful Scripture reading woman. A wonderful moral woman for the most part. But though I have been a pastor these many years, it really didn't compute that I could have done something about it - or for that matter, should have done something about it. Every day of my life, yes - preceding marriage and up to today, I can scarcely think of anything else but that NEED. I doubt if that NEED ever goes away. I keep wondering what it would have been like to have a Scriptural wife.
My crying NEED however taught me more than she ever expected. I learned about God's answer to that NEED - marriage. Marriage to as many as were necessary to meeting all of that need. I always loved women, enjoyed being around them - they are so much more interesting, exciting (more than in the sexual sense), bubbly, cute, cuddly, etc. Not to mention they smell good too. God taught me about Polygamy because of my need. He showed me from His Holy Scriptures that Poly met the needs of many men and by Poly, no woman would be called upon to provide more than she thought she could.
Soooo, I introduced poly to my wife. I KNEW she would be excited to find the answer to our problem. Imagine my surprise when she was DISGUSTED by my findings and called me again what she had called me from our wedding night - a SEXAHOLIC. We drew further and further away from each other as a result of my discovery of poly. Finally, with me still talking about it, she divorced me (I know - not Scriptural, but the state accepted it). The beauty of this was that if she ever desired to marry again (what? why? huh?) she would have to come to me for what the Hebrews call a "put". She would have to ask me to put her away. She won't, but it doesn't matter anyway. So, I have been asking God for however many mates I need. I'm just 81 with a life expectancy of 120, so I can give women many years of happiness, RIGHT? But so far, God has not provided me any wife or wives and I keep asking Him. I don't want tio go outside of His will so I await His action on my behalf. If He does not provide I will be very disappointed. But I know I can withstand - I've done so for over 50 years. But I sure don't want to.
I do think I can contribute on this site, not from the experience of any marriages, but simply because I know the Bible so well, particularly now in the area of poly.
