Wednesday, September 14, 2011

“Being in Love” vs. True Love

Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life.

It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. Ceasing to feel “in love” with someone does not mean that you have to stop loving them.

Love in a second sensetrue love, as distinguished from “being in love”is not merely a feeling. It is maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.

People can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; even when each might easily “fall in love” with someone else.

- C.S. Lewis

Saturday, September 10, 2011

7 Common Mistakes in Relating to the Opposite Sex

from the book Common Mistakes Singles Make, by Mary Whelchel

Mistake 1:
We misinterpret the attentions of the opposite sex.

Mistake 2:
We put up with too much in a relationship and hang on too long.

Mistake 3:
We’re not always very good at reading danger signals in a relationship.

Mistake 4:
We get physically involved much too soon and go too far.

Mistake 5:
We think that the only necessary requirement for a date or mate is that he or she is a Christian.


Mistake 6:

We carry our list of requirements for a relationship with us and judge others too quickly and selfishly.

Mistake 7:

We think that anything is better than being alone.