dating a nonchristian

[Nienna_Lady_of_Tears]

My wife married a non-Christian (me) who took seventeen years to come to the Lord - He works in mysterious ways, but slowly at times. I never tried to pull her away from her beliefs as I respected her for who she was and is.

The pastor that married us said he wouldn't judge us so long as we were truly committed to each other in that we respected, loved and were loyal. He said to me that he hoped I would see the true way one day in order to put the biblical meaning into our marriage - which we have now.

It's funny how Christians can become rather unholy in their comments about this. We had some very nasty things said to us from some Christian "friends" around us at the time we announced our marriage. Also if Christian marriage (between two Christians) is so perfect, why are the divorce rates so high?

While obviously it's good if both parties are Christians, bringing a non-Christian partner to Christ could be better in the long run too.

Thats just my opinion for what it's worth.

There are "Christians" (the ones who follow for the most part the morality of the bible and believe in God but rarely seem to truly care about honoring God) and there are Christians. Among those who are actually serious in their faith divorce is low.

Pretty much the problem is that people have gotten this idea that if you believe in God you're a Christian, even if you don't know anything about the bible or what it says, even if you don't follow it.