So What Then Is The Point? continued yet again.
I almost find it ironic how when people date they tend to avoid others and be off by themselves, yet married couples, once they have had kids, which is usually the longest part of the marriage, never have much free time alone. Most of their time together is going through life together! They do not escape to restaurants, and get away from family and friends on an extremely frequent basis. You want to know if that person in your life would be suitable for marriage? Then deal with life. Go to soup kitchens together, go on missions trips together, serve in your church together, read your Bible's together, and pray together. You could raise money to support good causes together or help clean an elderly neighbor's house. Find ways to serve, and honor God together through facing life together, not escaping reality. Emotions are called cloud nine, because people get blinded to things that really matter when they are in "love." Remember, life given to God, means everything is not about you.
What is my point? I want to see a difference in Christians and their relationships. I want the world to try to model our relationships instead of us trying to model theirs. Those paths of feeding lust and seclusion only lead to larger problems. The repetition of dating and breaking up is only teaching you that commitment means nothing. Do you honestly believe that this disposable relationship mentality won't carry into marriage? One man, one woman, and a million memories of the different people they tested seems like an awful thing to carry. God gave us love to share with every person. True Love, was not meant to be bottled up between two people for short periods of time. God wants us to believe He will provide, and when we have learned His Word and are ready to be spiritual leaders of a household, and maybe in some sense prepared to provide a proper living, we may ask his will and prepare to find the perfect spouse. I would love to have someone to share my most intimate thoughts with, but I believe that if I shared with a girl, I might overlook sharing those same thoughts with someone higher, God. I want the true love like the fairy tales, one knight, one princess, one meeting and a "they lived happily ever after."
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