GOD'S VIEW OF LOVE

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GOD'S VIEW OF LOVE

4. How can you tell if you are "in love?"

A teenage girl returning home from a date, found her mother waiting up for her. "Mom," she said, sprawling in a chair, "how do you tell if you're really in love?"

Her mother smiled, walked over to the desk, pulled a weathered clipping out of the drawer, and handed it to her daughter. It read: "True love is like two deep rivers that meet and merge, intertwining completely into one, then flowing on together. The joys, happiness, and sorrows of each become the joys, happiness, and sorrows of the other. True love cannot be hurried but once unselfishly rooted, it will grow forever."

Someone once said, "Love doesn't really make the world go around. It just makes people dizzy so it looks like it!" Love is not just a funny feeling in your stomach, it's a gift that you give to one special person in your life. Let me ask you a question, "Are you ready to make that person's joys, triumphs, mistakes and sorrows your own?" The Bible tells us in John 15:13, "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." If a thief broke into a man's house, he would do everything possible to save his family from harm...even give his own life. Does this person mean that much to you? Answer honestly and you'll know whether or not you're "in love."

5. Is it okay just to date without thinking about marriage?

Absolutely! Dating is just spending time with someone you really enjoy being around. In fact, most people don't even think about marriage when they first start to date someone. I've often said dating is like a game: both the guy and the girl wear their best-looking clothes, put on the best smelling cologne/perfume, and are on their best behavior so they'll impress each other. Then, if they do get married...that's when they realize the other person doesn't always look, smell, and act as good as before. But it's all part of "the game!" That's why it's so important to pray about who you date... because you really don't know that person as good as you think you do!

Actually, marriage only comes on the scene after you have known someone really well and you're ready to make a commitment to that person. Whether you are just dating or if you are thinking about marriage remember: prayer is still a vital part of any relationship. Take some advice from someone who has dated both Christians and non-Christians... you want the special someone that God has reserved for you! Don't settle for second-best when you can have God's best!!

6. What is Friendship?

Webster's dictionary defines friendship as: comradeship between two or more people. In other words, it is a relationship with no commitment between two people as far as dating or marriage is concerned. A friend is someone you can talk to when you're having a bad day, someone you can depend on to be there when you need them. That's friendship.

George Washington once said, "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation: for it is better to be alone than in bad company." Proverbs 17:17 says, "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." In other words, a friend is someone who comes in when the whole world has gone out!

7. What is the difference between being a friend to someone and having a relationship with them?

A relationship, especially a dating relationship, is more than a friendship and could lead to marriage depending on the feelings of the individuals involved. In a relationship, both parties usually want a commitment of some kind as they are planning for the future together.

If you want to make friends here's the trick: you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you! In other words, make every person you meet like themselves a little better and I promise that they will like you very much indeed!

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