Leonidus

Hi
I heard in romance novels and movies they talk about two people of opposite sex “meant to be with each other…� They back up that idea by saying that those two people from opposite sex has similar way of thinking and desires and some say that each of those two people is a half-link of a perfect cycle…that means one person completes the other person…etc. How ever when one think about “meant to be� in term of god, one can think that those two people from opposite sex were made by god and god made those two to be together regardless of how tough the odds may be…

What does the bible say about this?

Is there such thing called “one meant to be with the other� (considering man and woman)?

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Beloved

Good Question... But it sounds like (((soul mates ))) to me and I am not a physically a romantic person (except for the Lord )

Maybe I'm wrong here, but I don't recall any scriptures describing soul mates... In those day the father would choose a husband for his daughters...

Just like Abba chose Christ to be our Bridegroom...

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Beloved
1 Corinthians 14:1 Let Love be your highest goal.

Boanerges

That is a matter of personal conjecture- which in my case happens to be true.

DaveS

I believe there are many people on this earth that we can be in a healthy loving relationship with. You can be married, have your loving spouce die, and re-marry and still be totally in love. So I don't believe there is a "one" but I do believe in many cases God brings two people together.

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Whirlwind

That's beautiful, DaveS...

I believe, too, that God brings two people together. Sometimes by "accident".

I met my someone when I was hitchhiking when I was younger. That was years ago, and it was a beautiful "accident".

violet

Beloved

Hmmmm! Maybe I sit corrected on this one ...If you belong to the Lord, he has a mate disigned just for you... I can believe that...

I think though my husband is not saved, I did have a vision of him before I ever knew him after I asked the Lord what will my future husband look like...

I don't advise Christians to marry non-believers... But I also was a non- believer when we married...

The Lord has spoken that my husband will be saved SOON!

I said ,SOON , to you could be 5 thousand years... He smiles and said SOON.... I hope it's this year! We are planning a trip to Israel next year, we are praying that if he goes as well he will be saved or his faith cystalized there...

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Beloved
1 Corinthians 14:1 Let Love be your highest goal.

Sailor79

I personally think that God does make two people of opposite sex “meant to be with each other…” & some not. I believe some people are meant to find a life partner and others are not. Though, I have not found this in any scripture. I just think it is probably on a case to case situation. Some are meant to, some are not meant to.

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TP2

Not as far as I know..

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*I thought this may be of interest or of some help to you Beloved:

1Cor 7:10-16
10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11 But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
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I would like to call special attention to 1Cor 7:16- 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

*Another related factor to take into account….

I am not trying to imply you have considered divorcing your husband but I thought I might talk more about a related subject.

Matthew 5:31-32
31 “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.�

From my reasoning it appears Mathew 5:31-32 pertained to a couple who were married & were both Jewish (of the same religion) during the life of Jesus & pertained to a couple who got married who were Christians (of the same religion) after Christianity was established because 1Cor 7:15 states: 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.

*Yet another related factor to take into account …

Again I am not trying to imply you have considered divorcing your husband but I thought I might talk more about a related subject. I believe divorce (for other reasons than adultery) is not the unforgivable sin. Lets take another look at “Matthew 5:32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.� It appears if you made a mistake & married the wrong person (such as a spouse who physically abuses you every day) to divorce that person on grounds of spousal abuse can be forgiven if you are truly sincere when admitting you made the mistake of marrying the abuser & ask for forgiveness & repentance would come in by making a better decision when choosing a spouse in the future & you are forgiven & it is as the sin never happened so you would not held accountable to “Matthew 5:32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.�

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