Love Affection and Friendship
Uploaded by chesslord243 on May 30, 2006
Love: affection and friendship
How can it be? I don’t understand. It can’t last forever, but they still want girlfriends. What drives them to wanting a significant other? Is it pride, do they just covet, or perhaps it’s because they see that others have girlfriends and they feel almost pressured (I personally think it’s a combination). If they wanted a girlfriend for the reason of pride would that not mean that their own pride, at that time, would have had to of been rather average, or perhaps even low. Now, of course it matters on the person himself. If he is confident in himself, his pride would be rather high. It can’t be pride if you have affection for the person, because pride won’t allow you to have affection for others. Pride also can’t be a factor when it comes to love, for there is no such thing as a prideful marriage.
The subject of marriage is a rather sensitive subject. The two main topics are divorce and sex before marriage. I myself feel that the worst thing you can do is divorce someone, not only in marriage but in friendship as well. When I lived in Texas, I had a friend that hated divorce only because his parents divorced. At the same time though, he told me that God was personal, but He divorced His creation after He had made it. I think that was his way of dealing with the sin in the world. Unfortunately, I never really challenged him by asking how is it possible to be a personal God and at the same time be divorced with His creation. God tells us that he hates divorce: “For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce, ‘for it covers one’s garment with violence,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously’” (Malachi 2:16). I do not wish to spent much time on the topic of divorce, only because I don’t know what I could say on it. I shall now go to sex before marriage. As for sex before marriage I see nothing wrong with it, but only if they truly love each other. Unfortunately most teens are so desperate for a significant other they are willing to do anything to keep them once...