+ it's time to stop falling in love.
+ falling in love means you fall, it's an emotional blind act. any act of falling indiates either an accident or an undesirable condition
- what does that mean?
+ if you have good personal relationship with God, you will never wish to fall -even in love- but will grow in love
+ tell yourself that from now on you will not fall, but will grow in love
- but how?
+ God creates a woman for an equal man, and a man for an equal woman. if a love relationship consists of two uncomplementing persons, they might waste the rest of their lives in the working their process
- what if he is much younger or much older than i am? and how would i know that he is my fit? do i have to spend many years exploring him before telling him that i love him?
+ keep this in your heart. when you have boyfriend, do realize that it is not the story of an angel meeting an angel. its the story of a sinful person needing God's grace, meeting another sinful person who also needs God's grace
+ so if and when he stumbles, do not storm at him, do not bark at him, do not abandon him. your duty is to sincerely pray to God that God makes him repent, grow, and return to the right track
+ many love relationship were so sweet at the start, but after they become bitter and sour. do you know why? its because the starting point was wrong. they started off with the presupposition of angels meeting angels.
+ they insisted that there be some kind of mr perfect to appear during their dating periods. there is no mr perfect
+ it is very clearly that as of the day, adam and eve fell in sin, they -and consequently every single human being on earth- lost the glory of God. it is only by God's mercy that we can love one another
+ the message behind the lines was that God's mercy and grace actually demonstrates His eternal love for mankind. because of that the essence of life is to love and be lovable to God as well as to others
+ so we must base their love relationship on this, on the way in which God wants you to love one another
+ and because God's grace is there for us to live in, we should grow in love instead of fall in love. if you can grow, why would you have to fall?
+ grow in love means the longer the period of your love relationship, the sweeter your love will be to one another. so there will be no such story as couples breaking apart after marriage, which means falling out of love. they break apart because they started off by falling instead of growing
- but how would i know that he is my fit or not? what are the yardsticks to measure him with
+ when you realize that he complements you rather than obstructs you all the way, he is for you. when he knows that you can complement him instead of annoy him, you are for him
+ when you support each other, cover each other's weaknesses, encourage each other to grow in the positive direction, it is equal
+ but when you realize that everything goes against each of you, you'd better think again. he may belong to somebody else. don't force yourself, or you will regret it all for the rest of your life
so, are you fall in love? ^_^
-based od James Riady's discussion with students of UPH. taken from campusasia magazine.
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