Whether you have lost your spouse or you have gone through a divorce, the question in the back of many people’s minds is can I marry again. After all, man was not meant to be alone (Genesis 2:18).

If you have lost your spouse to death, you can marry again. The covenant that you were in has been broken. However, is that what God desires?

“For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am (single); but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭7:7-9‬. Notice the gift of singleness is a gift.

Paul said, “Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”‭‭ 1 Timothy‬ ‭5:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Now if you have gone through a divorce, this is where the circumstances of the divorce drive the outcome. 

“And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.” Matthew‬ ‭19:9‬ ‭

Remember the definition that Jesus gave in the Old Testament of adultery, “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”‭‭ Matthew‬ ‭5:27-28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Don’t take things in your own hands. Pray, Pray and pray. God will bring the right person if you are to marry again. Seek Him first and all will be done according to His will and for His purposes.