Actually it was good not to marry because marriage and children take the focus off of God; not because it would be hard to divorce. Wow!!
I was talking about the disciples reaction to Jesus' words, not Paul's comments on marriage in I Corinthians 7.
Matthew 19
8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
No wonder all you can think about when divorce is mentioned is how much $$ alimony would cost you.
I thought you were responding to me. This is confusing. I don't recall bringing up alimony in our exchange. I may have mentioned it in some other thread when talking about how our culture makes divorce easy or in response to another poster.
It also explains the whole "easy" aspect you allude to. You seem to think that lust is a given within marriage and that a lifestyle of lusting unrepentantly is a christian's due.
Of course, no Christian should look at someone with lust. But it is awfully easy to accuse a man of doing that, even when he isn't. Even if a man were looking at porn, daily, you can't always prove he is looking with lust. I suppose a woman could say she has grounds for divorce because 'she just knows' that her husband is thinking about some other woman while he is sleeping with her.
Only God looks on the heart. That is why there is no hint in scripture whatsoever that it is acceptable to divorce your spouse because of your spouse's thoughts.
And, no, I have not lusted since I got married. I'm not intent on breaking my covenant with God and my spouse.
If you have never looked with lust at someone, that's a great testimony. Have you ever 'admired' a man's physical form since you married? I can't recall all the posters that said that 'admiration' was okay, but not lust.
You also have to realize that some men struggle with distinguishing between recognizing physical beauty and looking at it, and lust. Other men have such a low standard that they look and look and look and say they aren't sinning.
Also, have you ever harbored hatred or unforgiveness in your heart, or spoken insulting words in hatred?
Btw, how many years do you have to play the lust card to get a divorce? If a woman's husband ogled a woman at a restaurant once during their second year of marriage, do you think she is justified in getting a divorce 29 years later after all the kids leave the house?