I was in Ontario, Oregon this morning listening to my friend Randy Howard give part of a sermon on adultery. An interesting part of the sermon that caught my attention was the comparison between the Swine Flu (H1N1) epidemic and divorce. With divorce rates, as staggering as they are, do not make the 10 o’clock news or the newspaper headlines. The television or radio cannot be turned on without witnessing a lead story about the number of H1N1 cases or the lack of vaccinations available to help the body resist contracting the H1N1 virus.

What about the body of people who need a vaccination for the virus that has invaded their homes? The virus of divorce! What is the solution to reducing the divorce rate among the body of people in our United States of America? I believe it is an intentional heart surgery. A heart surgery that plucks out the corruption that has taken place in the hearts of many people. Generations of pain that has been stuff down deep inside that it creates a virus that works from the inside out in us humans. It’s time to set down the shame, guilt, blame, and pain and start embracing the blessings that each of us has in this country we live in. Today, I choose to embrace the truth about me. The accepting, vulnerable, free man that God created me to be. When I stand in that truth, I pass on the Grace that has been given to me and give some medicine to fight the virus of divorce. I would like to see that on the 10 o’clock news.