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• Oct. 20, 2008 - Courtship

  MaidenCapitolaBallot  has been wondering about  courtship.  She was wanting all of are opinions.

 

I have been doing a lot of thinking on courtship.

 I think it is something modern Chirstians often over look. I know many who avoid the subject by saying they will never marry, I was one like that. However, God changed my heart and though I may not be ready to marry now, I feel He might want me to someday. This opened a bunch of questions for me.
Does God have only one person in mind for us? One friend asked once, "What if He has different people, growing closer to Him is up to us, what if He has a person in mind for every stage in our growth? Depending on how we grow?"
Is it possable for two people, both loving God with their whole beings, to marry and in turn love each other so that they would never fight, disagree yes, fight no?
Is it possable for a man who loves God with all his heart and does all God wills, to fall in love with the wrong girl, a godly girl that he loved not only for her sweetness of spirit but for her love of God?
Does anyone really fall in love at first sight? Or is that from fairy tales, I mean don't you have to know their character first?
How can we know when we meet the one we are to marry?
Love is a matter of will, so is it possable for two to marry who aren't in love, and then to, I don't want to use force, but for lack of a better word, force themselves to love?
Anyways, those are my questions, what are your thoughts on them? Heather

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• Oct. 21, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by rfrandall
I had wondered about that too. My family has watched Return of the Daughters and it has somethings on courtship. From what I know, courtship is a good way to be able to pray with your family and the other persons family to see if God really wants you to be married. It also keeps a person from becoming deeply hurt if they realize that person was not the one God had for them after they are already married. I really like the Return of the Daughter's and what it had to say concerning marriage.
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• Oct. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Indyjones
I would say courtship is useful because you can get to now the person in a fun and safe group setting.

Indyjones
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• Oct. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by magg93
I wrote a post on courtship a while ago:
http://www.painterofwords.com/?cat=28

I believe that courtship is a word that defines a way a Christian should approach romance and marriage. God gives us the rules in His word, and we need to follow them.

Have a Great Day!
Maggie
http://www.painterofwords.com/
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• Oct. 22, 2008 - Wellll...

Posted by LiveItLoveitBringIt
To me, Courtship would drive me insane. Just the constant knowing you cant date the person . .

i mean really. my friends family isnt allowed to date. they have to court three times, and then marry the person. so really, is there anyway to even know if you love the person your about to walk down the isle with?


-love the template by the way.

Praying for you,
Alley
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• Nov. 6, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by throughtheblack
I think this would help. Society has created 'dating' as a way for teens to be able to act as if they were married, without having to commit. Courtship in itself will help keep your mind from the mentalities of dating, and if you two aren't meant to be, then there won't be too much heartbreak. Hope this helps...
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