| The Maze The maze I am going to tell you about is commonly visited by couples all around the world and this is how I would describe it. When a couple first enters the maze they find that it is beautiful. As they enter deeper into the heart of the maze it becomes more and more beautiful but also more difficult to find the way out if they need to. The designer and owner of the maze gives this advice for the full enjoyment and safety of those couples who enter the maze. * Only enter the maze with a partner who is extremely close to you. You must both be certain that it is what you both want to do and that it is the right thing to do. You must have total trust and confidence in your partner and yourself that you will not lose each other or try to rush through and end up getting you both lost together. Also, you will only be able to experience the full beauty of the maze with someone you love and trust. What I mean by this is that you must be going not for your personal enjoyment but only because you want to show your partner how important they are to you and how much you love them. A definition of love can be found in 1 Corinthians 13. * It can be alright to wander around the first parts of the maze without taking any more than the above safety precuations because you are not likely to lose each other in the outer parts. BUT at some point you must realise that it is dangerous to go any further unless you attach yourself to the saftey string provided. If you do not then it is easy to become so intrigued with the maze that you may lose your partner. Many people wander through the maze this way, far away from their partner but still in the maze together. They do not want to leave the maze because of the pleasure, but they do not get the full enjoyment out of it. This is because they don't have the enjoyment of sharing it with the one they love because they have lost each other. Lost people sometimes meet other lost peoplein the maze and although they don't know each other let alone love each other, they will share the maze with anyone because they are so overcome by it. * Take your time. If you are serious and are taking your partner to the maze because you love them then you should have a whole lifetime to wander around it and take them to the most beautiful parts. Even the outermost parts are extremely beautiful so you should linger here and take in everything. If you rush through then it will not last forever and again you may run the risk of getting lost. * Be careful. You may end up further in than you planned quicker than you thought was possible. You may think that you are moving on for the right reasons and it is totally because you want to show your love to your partner and this may be true. BUT if you are truly in ove then you will take a look at yourselves and take a step back because you will not even want to run the risk of anything bad happening to your partner or your relationship with them. * If you follow these guidlines and remember that the most important guideline of all is to love each other, you can only enter the innermost parts of the maze safely with your partner and you will be able to share the beauty together forever. |
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