Rose

I have a question. Quite honestly, I’ve been rather irritated at God for a long time about this too. I personally don’t believe that ANYONE, either the wife OR the husband, should have to remain married to their spouse if their spouse abuses them, and CERTAINLY not if their lives and safety and/or the lives and safety of their children are in danger. However, to my knowledge, it doesn’t say anywhere in the Bible that God approves of a divorce in an abusive situation. As a matter of fact, I am rather hurt and upset at Jesus that when He did discuss divorce, He said it was alright in cases of marital unfaithfulness but He doesn’t say that it’s alright for one spouse to get out of an abusive marriage, especially if they are unsafe in their marriage. It seems to me that while the subject was being discussed, it would have been MORE than an ideal opportunity for Jesus to say, “And ladies, please, for Heaven’s sake, if you’re being beaten to a pulp, GET OUT!” And from what all research I’ve done on the subject, Jesus’s silence on the subject of domestic violence only seems to add fuel to the fire of those who preach male supremacy and claim that a woman being abused by her husband must stay in that relationship. His silence on the subject only seems to confirm what they say, as a matter of fact, that if a woman is being abused, God will not support her if she leaves the abusive marriage. God makes an allowance for divorce in the cases of adultery and abandonment, and it hurts me that (to my knowledge anyway) He doesn’t seem to make a clear allowance for it in the case of abuse. I mean, what is God trying to do about abuse, here? Endorse it?? I know that can’t be the case so I definitely seem to be missing something.