KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Commitment
GLYNN "SCOTTY" WOLFE was the most married man in the world, holding the Guinness Book of World Records title as the most-married man...
The acclaimed marriage king died on June 10, 1997 of heart disease at his Redlands, California, nursing home. He was 88. Although the marriage king had made 29 trips down the aisle, not one of his 29 wives came forward to claim his body for burial. A news release stated, "Wolfe's body lies unclaimed at the San Bernadino County Morgue... If no one steps forward to claim him this week, Wolfe will be cremated by the county and dumped into a collection grave."
Wolfe's numerous marriage relationships were weak on commitment. For example, Wolfe left one of his wives because she ate sunflower seeds in bed, and divorced another because she used his toothbrush! The Bible teaches by contrast that matrimony is not only holy, but long-lasting. One man for one woman for one lifetime is God's way.
THOUGHT: When the marriage tie is no stronger than sunflower seeds and toothbrushes, then you can't expect much at the hospital or funeral home. (Bill Dillion)
KneEmail: "For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man" (Rom. 7:2-3; cf. Matt. 19:9).