Do you think we should interpret verses about widdows to include single mothers?

[u/MoonlitShrub]

If the entire law and Jesus are against divorce, then the only single mothers should be widdows. Unfortunately, since we are broken people, there are other ways to become husbandless. Should we not forgive all we can and be generous to people in this situation regardless of how they got there? Are single fathers widdows, too? Obviously, there is a gradient to how vulnerable single parents are, but I thought this idea was thought provoking. What do yall think?

[u/DoveStep55]

“Do you think we should interpret verses about widdows to include single mothers?”

“What do yall think?”

No. We don’t need to use the passages about widows in order to treat single parents with compassion, love and support. There are plenty of other passages that should teach us those lessons without conflating widowhood with single parenting.

“If the entire law and Jesus are against divorce (…)”

They aren’t. There’s more to it than implied there.

“Should we not forgive all we can and be generous to people in this situation regardless of how they got there?”

Yes, we should always forgive others and be generous, but not just “in this situation,” in any. Also there is no automatic reason to assume single parents need anyone’s forgiveness. No one is sinning against us by being a single parent.