My personal library: “Jesus Among Other Gods” - Ravi Zacharias
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A lot of atheists use the argument that Hitler was a Christian, so it’s bad to be a Christian.NOPE.It just shows that if you don’t follow...
Seresity: While this is true, everyone should understand that imperfections don’t include:
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80′s arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. The nurse took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, ‘And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?’ He smiled as he patted my hand and said, ‘She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is.’
This made me wanna cry…
I have no chance of anyone being there like this for me… :(
Seresity: You are only limited by what you want. True, the person has to come but just as a good friend can turn even a imperfect person into a fine person, it’s also the same in marriage. But remember, you can’t change someone they need to have the will to reflect on their actions and change themselves for their own better because that’s the only real lifelong change. Be sure that once you are committed to a person, thru thick and thin and even thru your point of no return be committed to live together till death does you apart just as true lifelong friends do. The successful marriages you see have as their base lifelong friendship and two individuals who have the will to reflect on their actions and be willing to change themselves for better - that is the key.
Seresity: Maturity I believe comes with the will to reflect on life and how to live one’s life.
One can be as old as the earth, but if they don’t want to reflect seriously then they won’t decide on what they believe and that will affect their maturity.
One can have all the experience in the world, but if they don’t reflect on them then they don’t have the means to see what those experiences taught them of life.
Love in a marriage is the hardest thing you will do in your life.
Just think - love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. Even your parents who love you unconditionally didn’t choose who to give birth to.
But you are to find and choose a person to love and marry throughout their strengths and weakness, throughout their faults and merits, and throughout the course of life.
Find and choose carefully and after finding, hold on to that person fast without a doubt in your heart whatever situations may arise.
You can have that faith when you choose a person with good character.
But after choosing, love unconditionally because you chose that person not to make yourself happy but to make that person happy with you!
After all, you chose that person to love, not to get love.
Seresity: soo sad that a person can see another as a “toy” - especially the one who u shared so much with… It rather seems like speaking of oneself instead though…
“I don’t want a perfect relationship. I just want someone who I can act silly with, someone who treats me right and loves being with me.” by Quotephrases
Seresity: I think the right word you’re looking for is a “friend” not a “significant other.”
Your significant other should be your best friend but do things work the other way…?
Will someone who you can act silly with, someone who treats you right and loves being with you be enough?
Where’s the “you” in it? What are you doing to the other person? Is there no thought of giving back something to that one person who loves being with you…?
Be someone who loves… not someone who is loved. When you love, you will understand who you truly are…. and that is something you should know before you let someone love you… because if you don’t, you don’t know what is so lovable about you anyway…
Love is understanding oneself as much as understanding others. If you don’t love yourself, how can you love anyone else?