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Originally Posted by ElBob
Courtship is to protect the love and passion and save that for the marriage. Song of Solomon warns "Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases." (2:7; 3:5, 8:4) Courtship allows an opportunity for a young couple to get to know each other, seek the Lord's will in their lives, and serve the the Lord before passion is stirred.
I am not legalistic about this. We have 3 sons, the oldest chose not to follow this, the other 2 did. As for me, I wish someone had encourage my wife and I to approach our relationship this way.
Just my view. |
Just to clarify, I was reffering to passion and love inside marriage, not outside of it, and I do agree with all this, but the people who are writing in this "Before the Kiss" site just seem to think of courtship and love more like a business affair rather then a heart affair. Not everything is so cut and dry and I believe that, just like God tailors everything to fit the individual person, so should we try to be a little less concerned about "form" and following a template and just go, as parents of children who are courting or as the people involved in the courtship, with what we feel God is telling the specific individual about the specific situation.
Laura
