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Love or Commitment? Which is better to have?
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<blockquote data-quote="JoyAlton" data-source="post: 77629222" data-attributes="member: 453598"><p>All reasonable thoughts. I know my current view of relationships and marriage are based, partly on my repeated failures at marriage but mostly on what God has done for me in spite of my previous invincible ignorance. As I look back now, for myself personally, I now see clearly that what was missing in my life was a relationship with my Creator and, in particularly, the grace to abide and remain in Christ. That grace infused me with an understanding of what had been missing in all my relationships. I had let my feelings and passions guide my decisions when, instead, I should have used my reason to guide my passions. In that way, I would have been able to see the passions and feeling for what they are ie. God given gifts to be be used prudently. Now that I have that grace and, through that same grace, I cling to it, I am better able to use my God given reason to control my passions so that now I can see a beautiful woman and thank God for the gift I was given to be the man He made me all without giving into my passions of lust and desire which, before that grace, I had zero control over. So, yes, I agree that we are created with certain desires and passions but we also have reason to help control them so that we are able to live a healthier more satisfying life instead of being tossed about by our feeling and passions. Now, some may be gifted to achieve this measure of reason without as much grace but, for me, I needed a huge dose of grace since I was completely unable to control, let alone, understand my passions. God bless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoyAlton, post: 77629222, member: 453598"] All reasonable thoughts. I know my current view of relationships and marriage are based, partly on my repeated failures at marriage but mostly on what God has done for me in spite of my previous invincible ignorance. As I look back now, for myself personally, I now see clearly that what was missing in my life was a relationship with my Creator and, in particularly, the grace to abide and remain in Christ. That grace infused me with an understanding of what had been missing in all my relationships. I had let my feelings and passions guide my decisions when, instead, I should have used my reason to guide my passions. In that way, I would have been able to see the passions and feeling for what they are ie. God given gifts to be be used prudently. Now that I have that grace and, through that same grace, I cling to it, I am better able to use my God given reason to control my passions so that now I can see a beautiful woman and thank God for the gift I was given to be the man He made me all without giving into my passions of lust and desire which, before that grace, I had zero control over. So, yes, I agree that we are created with certain desires and passions but we also have reason to help control them so that we are able to live a healthier more satisfying life instead of being tossed about by our feeling and passions. Now, some may be gifted to achieve this measure of reason without as much grace but, for me, I needed a huge dose of grace since I was completely unable to control, let alone, understand my passions. God bless. [/QUOTE]
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