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Being not married is a prerequisite to be married, so being not married is the foundation for being married
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Explain the trick. If you like being single too much, you won't want to be married. It's an oxymoron to me.I have no problem initiating it.
Why so sad this week? What part of Michigan? I used to live in the UP.I have no problem initiating it.
I just get upset about it.Why so sad this week? What part of Michigan? I used to live in the UP.
You say it like it has been set? How do you know the time or hour for anything? That doesn't feel like truth, more like something we tell ourselves or the enemy whispers and in our ear. Maybe start your truth at a different starting point..a truth about what you are as a child of God. Marriage is temporary but our identity in Christ is eternal.I can't get married.
It's so sad.
I never have a break-thru
I feel terrible
Those aren't truths in my post, correct. The thread sometimes turns to me posting things that aren't.You say it like it has been set? How do you know the time or hour for anything? That doesn't feel like truth, more like something we tell ourselves or the enemy whispers and in our ear. Maybe start your truth at a different starting point..a truth about what you are as a child of God. Marriage is temporary but our identity in Christ is eternal.
Yes, Holland is great. It was settled by Calvinists. That's why the tulip flower is special there. B/c the flower represents the 5 points of Calvinism.By the way I'm a 2 hr distance from you. I was in Holland a couple years ago to support a friends marathon. I camped there. She was pregnant at the time. Love coffee in Holland.
How would you not know if you were in GR?????I think I may have been kayaking in grand rapids last summer with my friend that lives in Ann arbor.
Ahh, somehow I missed that. Glad it's not stated as a truth.Those aren't truths in my post, correct. The thread sometimes turns to me posting things that aren't.
I did not know this. That's pretty interesting.Yes, Holland is great. It was settled by Calvinists.
I had to revisit and look up but it was not Grand rapids. It was Lansing. I do think that back in 2007 I may have been in Grand rapids if that's where Rob Bell was. I visited the church Mars Hill and had some interesting revelations at the time that revealed itself years later.How would you not know if you were in GR?????
Yeah, unfortunately sometimes it becomes my pouting thread...........Ahh, somehow I missed that. Glad it's not stated as a truth.
Yes, Mars Hill is a popular church here. I don't know Rob Bell. Lansing is fun too.I did not know this. That's pretty interesting.
I had to revisit and look up but it was not Grand rapids. It was Lansing. I do think that back in 2007 I may have been in Grand rapids if that's where Rob Bell was. I visited the church Mars Hill and had some interesting revelations at the time that revealed itself years later.
Yep, I live like 5 minutes away from there but haven't been since I was little. I always want to go, either alone or w/ family, but we just never do. :/Also that might be where Myers garden is. I had plans to go this year with some girlfriends but I think we're going to post it till next year.
You should. I've heard good things. Especially the tea room.Yep, I live like 5 minutes away from there but haven't been since I was little. I always want to go, either alone or w/ family, but we just never do. :/
Yes, Mars Hill is a popular church here. I don't know Rob Bell. Lansing is fun too.
I kind of lean towards there will be marriage & don't think the parts you quoted deny that, tho if there isn't marriage in eternal life, I am fine with that.If your ok with it, I'd like to post a truth if my own...
Matthew 22:30 ESV
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Luke 20:34-36 ESV
And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
?The truth is I have struggled with many comparisons and still can.
It's a gift & yet a choice, yes. It's a paradox we can't understand. The book I'm reading is discussing this. How God is in total control yet we're still responsible.God's will reveals that I was not to be married in my 20s, 30s, 40s and that it also was a choice.
Yep, so rejoice at all times.Truth is I'm still alive and God has not finished revealing His plan. I have a desire to live to be a healthy 100 & marry one that glorifies the Lord but ultimately it is in God's hands
Yes, context is important. It's just a perspective that helps remind me that this isn't eternity. And in eternity we will not be alone!kind of lean towards there will be marriage & don't think the parts you quoted deny that, tho if there isn't marriage in eternal life, I am fine with that.
The Matthew verse is in response to saying it's a inheritance thing: the concept of marriage being a inheritance thing is gone.
The Luke verses are saying if you don't get married, you are more than worthy for eternal life - tho you may not feel like it & feel like the marrieds are more worthy. W/out context Jesus seems to be calling for celibacy, if you get married you're not a child of God, but we know that contradicts Paul saying get married if you want to, &, frankly, the way the Creator created.
I have to remind myself if that many times.It's a gift & yet a choice, yes. It's a paradox we can't understand. The book I'm reading is discussing this. How God is in total control yet we're still responsible
Oh, the grass isn't always greener things you mean.Yes, context is important. It's just a perspective that helps remind me that this isn't eternity. And in eternity we will not be alone!
I have to remind myself if that many times.
As for comparisons, an example would be a couple in their 20s married and have a nice new refrigerator. In my 30s I could not afford those things without dual income. I'm over that comparison now as I began to realize there are spouses that put you in poverty because they mismanage money.
The list goes on of comparisons, with not having kids there are people in the workplace that look down on you like your less of a human because you don't share their struggles. The same people who complain about their marriages made a choice ultimately.
A friend coworker and I had a discussion about having kids the other day. Pros and cons. Same as owning a pet. What are our reasons. She's married and 31 and teters back and forth. After her dog passed, like myself l, we think about the responsibility and time commitment. What we want to do with our time