Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship by Munroe Myles

Author:Munroe, Myles [Munroe, Myles]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
ISBN: 9780768496307
Publisher: Destiny Image
Published: 2005-01-27T16:00:00+00:00

Inappropriate physical and sexual behavior while dating generally leads to problems of guilt in marriage that hampers the couple in developing healthy intimacy and, if they are believers, creates difficulty for them in sharing their faith effectively. The only way to avoid that is to stay pure. Those who have already crossed the line into sexual sin can still enter into the purity of Hebrews 9, where it says, “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!” (Heb. 9:14) Confession, repentance, and prayer can bring cleansing and a restored purity because the blood of Jesus removes our sin from us as far away as the east is from the west.

God loves us and has our best interests at heart. Because He created us, He knows what is best for us, and His standards of sexual purity and integrity in life are designed to protect us and to ensure that we have rich and fulfilling relationships in accordance with His will.

The “soulical” level is the level of the intellect, the will, and the emotions. Intimacy of soul is achieved as couples begin to make plans for a future together and share their likes and dislikes as they relate to living and working together. A sense of expectation, anticipation, and delight grows as their thoughts center on a definite time when their hopes and plans will be fulfilled. Spiritual oneness leads to an intimate discussion of not only spiritual goals, but personal, intellectual, and physical goals as well.

This level of dreaming and planning is the level where engagement takes place. In the days of Jesus, and even before, an engagement was as binding as a marriage. That’s why when we read in the Gospel of Matthew of Joseph’s discovery that Mary, his betrothed (fiancée), was pregnant, that he planned to divorce her quietly. In a sense, an engagement in those days was considered the first stage of marriage, during which the groom prepared a home for his bride and she and her family prepared her dowry and everything else necessary for her moving from her parents’ home to her husband’s. It was a time during which all of their plans and goals to survive and thrive in their society were laid. During the betrothal, the man and woman were pledged to each other, and the agreement could be broken only by divorce.

In a similar manner, engagement today should be a time for the couple to sit down together and talk about their financial plans, how they are going to live and support themselves, whether they are going to rent an apartment or buy a house, whether they will find employment or go into business for themselves. If either one desires or plans to go to school, this is the time to talk about it, to get everything out in the open so that both are clearly aware of each other’s dreams and goals, and so they can plan together to fulfill them.

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