Two-thirds of all Americans believe in the concept of a soulmate. Simply put, it means that there is some particular person out there who was made to completeyou. To understand this concept morefully, all you have to do is pick a romantic comedy, at random, and hit the play button.
Apparently, the first sighting of “soul mate” is by Plato,in his dialogue The Symposium (385 BC). Basicallythe concept is that humans originally had four arms, four legs and a singlehead with two faces (see picture). Zeus believed thatthis made the human far too powerful, so he split them in half, condemningthe two to spend the rest of their lives looking for the other. From this idea comes the expression: “She’smy better half.” (It is true, at leastin my case.) The idea of the soul mate,is not a biblical one, but is one drawn from mythology.
There are a number of obvious problems with thisconcept. If you do not happen to findyour soul mate, and he or she marries another, you create a relational dominoeffect of devastating proportions. Ifjust one person marries wrong, that affects scores of other relationships. And the odds of marrying wrong are horrific! If you only have one soul mate, the greatestodds say that your other half lives in India or China. And since you don’t know Mandarin, and havenever been to Asia, you are romantically challenged, to say the least.
I think a better way to look at relationships is either compatibleor incompatible. That, coupled withsearching for God’s leading in your life, will lead to a healthier outcome. Too many people have gotten married, realizedhow hard marriage is, and quit, thinking that they did not marry their soulmate. There is one time-tested andbiblical way to know who your soul mate is: It’s the person you marry. Onceyou say “I do,” then you have found your soul mate—for better or for worse.
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