Posted on 10/27/2012 10:53:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I made this very decision in my law practice. I prayed about it a lot. The money I was leaving on the table would have helped my bottom line greatly. But I made a commitment to God that I would not facilitate the destruction of marriages. God has blessed me. It isn’t easy to pass on so much money but I can face myself in the mirror every morning. And it is God’s money anyway.
But, sad as it is, divorce is also from God because of the hardness of our hearts of course, but what could be worse than to be trapped in a ghastly ungodly marriage with no hope of relief.
No
I choose not to bring these often nightmare cases home on my weary shoulders. Too many times the spouses are slamming each other, using their children as their best weapon.
Send them to a Marriage Encounter weekend.
If that doesn’t work — then send them to a Retrovaille weekend.
If a divorce does finally happen — then send them to a Beginning Experience weekend to recover from the grief.
All these ministries have websites.
**divorce is also from God**
granted by God in the Old Testament.
But neither Christ nor St. Paul grant a divorce in the New Testament. The fulfillment of the Old Testament.
You might want to check your New Testament on this!
God bless you!
I’ve been a divorce lawyer for over 30 years. I’ve prayed about it a lot. I now consider what I do to be a ministry. This post was helpful but not necessary for me to feel good about what I do. I am there when people are in crisis. I do care deeply about the kids in the cases. I encourage my client to empathize with the other spouse and that often leads to settlement. Less often does it lead to reconciliation. I don’t do many easy cases. I usually do high conflict cases that some other lawyer has totally messed up. I get in and try to get it done in a month or two.
I don’t know how you could be a serious Catholic and make much money in that profession.
If you are an orthodox Catholic,believing that most people work out their eternal destiny by staying faithful to their first spouse no matter what,I don't know how you could safely spend a career making money helping to destroy unions created before God.
Of course there are extenuating circumstances, but it seems so dangerous for your soul.
Can a Christian be a criminal defense lawyer?
So while I agree with you that it is disconcerting to help facilitate a legal divorce, IMHO, the attorney is not facilitating a sinful act.
Criminal defense attorneys go askew when they shift their focus to getting their client off at all cost, suborn perjury, unfairly attack the State's evidence/witnesses, etc.
I agree but I also know that I walk with Jesus and this is my calling. I’ve made a move or two to get out of the business but I go into the office knowing that someone is going to call and need my skills as a problem solver. I do a lot of pro bono work.
Theatrical theology jugglery, when the average American goes through 8 sexual partners in life, and pre-marital sex is the dominant norm.
My son’s wife divorced him during an upcycle in her bipolar illness.
She had deceitfully emptied the house and withdrew over 70% of their savings. She sued for half the inheritance from his grandfather. The estate was distributed just days before she left. My son, in agony, turned to a Christian divorce attorney. Thank God for that man.
The first effort was to save the marriage, which proved impossible. Aside from the monetary matters that were resolved in my son’s favor, the attorney listened to my son’s anguish, prayed with him, and helped him move on as a strengthened, rather than devastated man.
Believe me, I applaud those who can get out of the “family law” business (aside from adoptions). Not fun, very stressful, and getting worse all the time. Good for you.
Short and sweet: born again Christians ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNCER GRACE!!!
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