Spiritually, I feel living together, (shacking up,) just ain't right. Believe me, I've been there myself, so I'm not only speaking from experience, but also from godly wisdom, divine revelation and instruction. It's a choice we must make to be obedient to God, and to his Word, remaining abstinent until we're wed. Either way it goes, mad day WILL come, and though it takes a lifetime, and we'll never fully KNOW eachother... Many people live long lives & never reall KNOW themselves. Nevertheless, LOVE, TRUST, HONESTY... COMPROMISE, (which involves change, giving & denying self, which most people dont want to do) & COMMITMENT are key in sustaining healthy relationships. Personally, I've been there, loved, lived, & learned, & now refuse to live together (shack-up) again before marriage. If a couple really loves the one they're with, they'll stay together when mad day comes, and not look to separation/divorce, but within, and to God when it does. But we wanna know in advance right... We wanna "SEE" and "FEEL" too right?" Smh... "O' ye of little faith..." The main keys are FAITH & TRUST IN GOD... Psalm 118:8 says, "It is better to TRUST IN THE LORD, than to have confidence in man." ; Proverbs 3:5 "TRUST IN THE LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." ; and finally 2 Corinthians 5:7 - "For we WALK BY FAITH, AND NOT BY SIGHT:"... If both parties place their FAITH & TRUST IN RIGHT PLACE, WHICH IS IN GOD'S HANDS, everything will work out just fine.
"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn... (Meaning to burn with lust)
Here's to all... STOP!!! *** THAT DOES NOT MEAN SINCE YOU "PLAN TO BE MARRIED," THAT HAVING SEX IS OKAY!!! GET MARRIED FIRST!!! NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE HORNEY... IF THEY'RE "GOOD ENOUGH" FOR SEX, THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH TO MARRY. AND IF YOU BOTH REALLY LOVE AND RESPECT GOD... AND EACH OTHER, YOU WILL WAIT*** (Cont. Below)
"... And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace." - 1 Corinthians 7:1-15 (KJV)
Don't be fooled, study to show yourself approved...
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