Hello everyone,
I have yet to spend much time on this site and forum having just found it recently but it seems to resonate with us in a positive way. My wife and I will have been married for 15 years as of October '09 and have 5 wonderful children ages just less than 14 to just less than 2 years old.
Sometime ago I was reading a book that has often got me in trouble in the past but I just can't set it aside because it's words are life, light, and truth. After some meditation around the Ten Commandments in Exo. 20, my eyes continued beyond a few verses and fell upon Exo. 21:10. I had pondered the seeming disparity of plural wives before but this particular encounter left a lingering question that my heart could not escape over the next few months.
After that aged question gained it's renewed vigor and several months of it's relentless insistence upon resolution, I finally endeavored to research the subject with a fresh mind expecting fully to find support for my pre-existing position of exclusive monogamy. To my surprise, I found that I was in the "traditions of men" and had effectively made the Word of "none effect". My wife initially reacted quite strongly but has had the veil (that can too often so amazingly obscure what would otherwise be so obvious) removed from her eyes as well.
"The cat is now out of the bag" regarding our beliefs in our circles and we are now getting the highly presumptive brunt of people's prejudice and arrogance unfortunately too often combined with a "don't confuse me with the facts" attitude. I do feel as though we have done fairly well at taking the higher ground of respectful dialog. Having said that, it is also important to note that rejection is by no means universally the reaction neither do I hold the believe that many will not come around after the initial shock wears off allowing the wheels of thought and the movement of the Holy Spirit to reestablish more rational behavior.
We look forward to meeting some of you,
Curtis
I have yet to spend much time on this site and forum having just found it recently but it seems to resonate with us in a positive way. My wife and I will have been married for 15 years as of October '09 and have 5 wonderful children ages just less than 14 to just less than 2 years old.
Sometime ago I was reading a book that has often got me in trouble in the past but I just can't set it aside because it's words are life, light, and truth. After some meditation around the Ten Commandments in Exo. 20, my eyes continued beyond a few verses and fell upon Exo. 21:10. I had pondered the seeming disparity of plural wives before but this particular encounter left a lingering question that my heart could not escape over the next few months.
After that aged question gained it's renewed vigor and several months of it's relentless insistence upon resolution, I finally endeavored to research the subject with a fresh mind expecting fully to find support for my pre-existing position of exclusive monogamy. To my surprise, I found that I was in the "traditions of men" and had effectively made the Word of "none effect". My wife initially reacted quite strongly but has had the veil (that can too often so amazingly obscure what would otherwise be so obvious) removed from her eyes as well.
"The cat is now out of the bag" regarding our beliefs in our circles and we are now getting the highly presumptive brunt of people's prejudice and arrogance unfortunately too often combined with a "don't confuse me with the facts" attitude. I do feel as though we have done fairly well at taking the higher ground of respectful dialog. Having said that, it is also important to note that rejection is by no means universally the reaction neither do I hold the believe that many will not come around after the initial shock wears off allowing the wheels of thought and the movement of the Holy Spirit to reestablish more rational behavior.
We look forward to meeting some of you,
Curtis
