I read about the new developments in the CPS case versus the polygamists Mormon ranch in San Angelo, I read about bone chips found that could be the missing Prince Alexius from the Romanov family, and I read the always enjoyable comics.
Then I fell upon an article that was truly disturbing...
"Divorce Rings".
Yep, that's right, American jewelers are now marketing a ring to celebrate America's new favorite pastime, divorce.
Seriously, I think my blood pressure rose about 100 points (or whatever the units of blood pressure is) when I read this article. At first I thought this ring was so that people could be like WHOO HOO!! I got a divorce! That made me really angry, but the more I read I realized that was not what it was about. But in actuality, the more I learned and the more disturbed I got.
It turns out that the ring was first created by a woman who had been through a divorce and wanted a ring to signify her survival admits the deep pain of divorce. She wanted a ring to remind people there is hope.
Now I am all about hope. I love hope. I think every person has hope in every situation, but I only believe that because I believe Jesus Christ is our only hope and he came for everyone in every situation.
But this whole thing just shouldn't exist. God NEVER designed marriage to look this way. God never designed us to have to deal with the agony of a broken marriage. Marriage is suppose to look like Him and how He loves the church.
If you visit this website you will see that the first thing they did for every ring was break the symbol of the never ending circle. Marriage is symbolized by a ring because the bond was not designed to be broken. God did not design us to enter the intimate bond of marriage and then just break the bond whenever things got tough. That is not how His love is and it is not how we are suppose to represent his love through marriage. Divorce is painful and horrible because God never designed it to happen.
These people are JOKING themselves if they think that their ring can help "build self-esteem one person at a time", which is the company motto. The only thing that can build us up admits this kind of deep pain is the love from a father that is never ending.
It pains me that God has been so removed from marriage that we can think that we as people can put back the pieces of a devastating event on our own, through building self esteem.
It devastates me that these rings even have to exist. It pains me that 50% of people who say "I do" will know a some point the pain of "oh no, wait, I don't". It pains me that Christians will know this pain in the same rate that lost people do because our marriages look no different.
Seriously, this is one of the craziest things I have ever heard of! What do y'all think? Did you know these existed?
p.s. I am sorry that I have been such a blog slacker. I have a bimonthly blog updating goal, but I have failed april. April went by without a flash...
5 comments:
I did not know that these existed.
They need to not exist.
Having been married and divorced as a lost person, I can tell you that it is the scariest feeling in the world...there is no hope.
It is ONLY by the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that we can obtain healing from the INSIDE out. There is no outward symbol that can be worn to prove victory in this.
God does hate divorce and for a good reason. It is painful and there are ongoing consequences to this sin.
PRAISE HIM that there is forgiveness and there is redemption, but it is not found in a ring, it is found in the shed blood of Jesus!!!
I love you.
Wow. That is all I can say. How sad it is-- and just crazy!
These people need Jesus to build them up, not a broken ring. (Because that makes a lot of sense anyways, let me buy a broken ring to fix my broken self-esteem) Hm?
Anyways, and on a lighter note, who buys this ring? Is this how people are presenting the idea of divorce now, the husband/wife gets down on one knee and proposes divorce?
I just can't believe how lightly people take divorce now-a-days, even to the extent that now company's are going to make money off of it.
Megan, I agree. It is really sad how NORMAL divorce is now. We are expecting it so much so that these people can make money.
I think that the idea of who buys the ring is either a friend/family member would buy it for someone going through the divorce or you could even buy one for yourself.
It is really crazy.
Hi. I'm Emily. I found your blog through Heather Hendricks and couldn't help but comment. What?! This is probably the saddest thing I've heard, ever.
After I got past the shock of seeing that something like this exists, the more I think about it the more I think that it doesn't seem like a very smart concept. Normally people who are going through a divorce have no money, at least not for a while to spend on something like a ring. And as far as someone else buying it for them, would they really want to flaunt the fact that they got a divorce. So sad. It used to be so shameful.
Oh America and our morals. So incredibly sad. This is so typical of how we like to band-aid things and worry about our "self-esteem". God forbid that we as a culture begin to do things to promote fidelity again. Oh no... lets just market ways to make us feel better about a degrading society.
It's always interesting to read stuff like this... thanks for bringing it to our attention.
I'm also glad you posted something again!
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