Marriage is not an event but a commitment made by two people (male and female) to live together as one for the rest of their lives keeping the Lord Jesus as the center and head thereof. When a man pursues a lady, it must be for the intention of marriage. The man boldly lays down his intentions to the woman at the onset of their encounter because the burning desire to do it comes from the Lord and God never dealt with us in a confusing way. To people who are complete in God individually, they see marriage as an act of obedience to God. When a guy is lead by God into marriage, the Lord will definitely point to him who shall be his other half. Courting a girl then is a form of submission to His will. A friend said that the guy must not hesitate to approach the girl if God confirmed that she is the one. He must go after her despite the risk of getting rejected because God was never wrong in His ways. Obedience is the greatest expression of trust.
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favor from the Lord
A relationship must not define a person's outlook. Marriage does not make a couple happy but holy. Holy because it is of God. Happiness is just a by-product of holiness. The union must be for God's glory. Nothing out of the ordinary happens when a person meets another whom he/she is destined to be united with because God is at work in every season and aspect of our lives. Marriage is more than finding the right person but being the right person prepared for tying the knots.
Why married couples would say that their life is incomplete if his/her partner will be gone? It is because in marriage, two people become one. It is unlike other relationships that one can afford to replace the other if things will not hold together. In marriage, it is not only a union of flesh but of souls and spirits. The cut it will leave if the other decides to step out of the union will be deep that is why the Lord frowns at divorce. Divorce was institutionalize during Moses time because of the hardness of the heart of the people and not because marriage was wrong. Noting from the chronological events in the Bible, the first miracle performed by Jesus was on a wedding feast, it amplifies His approval of wedding ceremonies. Contrary to common practice these days, God abhors common-law relationships because He designed sex to be shared and enjoyed under the context of marriage.
1 Corinthians 7
Principles of Marriage
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. 7 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.
Personally, my commitment to stay pure is stronger after getting exposed to the foolish things of this world. In my time to be in a relationship, my partner and I shall mutually agree to respect each other and must commit ourselves to uphold purity before our wedding. We must not touch each other unless it is a "comfort" hug, an "encouraging " pat at the back and not to kiss till we say I dos. We would not burn in passion because the Lord will pacify our natural "animal" instincts. I am not in favor of long term engagements which means I'll marry my first boyfriend within one year from hearing him say, "can i know you more for purposes of marriage?" hahaha
Love is not measured by time, whether it is 2 years or 2 months, if it is of God then it comes along at the right time and without delay.
God is yet to answer my prayer all these years regarding my lifetime partner and I will wait for it patiently. What is my consistent prayer? ______________
Do not misunderstand that I am in a hurry to marry because I see a relationship like having a new Bible where it takes time to get through it. Having a Bible is definitely right but reading it must not be hurried for each page, every chapter and book must be read and brushed through thoroughly and intimately that the words thereof may be written well in the tablets of my heart. The right love may come sweeping but to nail it to forever shall be afforded due season for its ripening. I admit that there are times that I want to take a leave from work and spend all my time reading my new Bible so that I could highlight my all time favorite passages and to be familiar with it for quick browsing and reference when I share to others the truth. However, said "purpose" of reading it in quick pace is simply not an act of love. So far, the pages of my bible no longer stick as much as they do when I bought it last month, it is becoming colorful lately (highlight) and notes were annotated on the margins. Time will come that its pages will tear apart but it manifests that the person owning it is intact.
OOPS EMERGENCY. GOT TO GO. I'LL continue writing THIS LATER
God is yet to answer my prayer all these years regarding my lifetime partner and I will wait for it patiently. What is my consistent prayer? ______________
Do not misunderstand that I am in a hurry to marry because I see a relationship like having a new Bible where it takes time to get through it. Having a Bible is definitely right but reading it must not be hurried for each page, every chapter and book must be read and brushed through thoroughly and intimately that the words thereof may be written well in the tablets of my heart. The right love may come sweeping but to nail it to forever shall be afforded due season for its ripening. I admit that there are times that I want to take a leave from work and spend all my time reading my new Bible so that I could highlight my all time favorite passages and to be familiar with it for quick browsing and reference when I share to others the truth. However, said "purpose" of reading it in quick pace is simply not an act of love. So far, the pages of my bible no longer stick as much as they do when I bought it last month, it is becoming colorful lately (highlight) and notes were annotated on the margins. Time will come that its pages will tear apart but it manifests that the person owning it is intact.
For lasting first love and well-read bible,
For abundant grace and long-lived virtues,
May God cause us to thirst for more of His word ,
And enable us to live out the precepts He'll carved in the tablets of our hearts.
Singleness is a golden moment for a person to enjoy and strengthen his relationship with God. It is wrong for a person to feel incomplete because he/she is single because no other person or anything could fill a God-shaped void but Him alone.
Miracle happens when our will intercepts God's will. Love falls short but God does not.
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