another insert from I kissed Dating Goodbye
*we're pursuing romance when we're really not interested in commitment
*Deepening intimacy without defining a level of commitment is dangerous. It's like going mountain climbing with a partner who isn't sure she wants the responsibility of holding your rope. When you've climber two thouseand feet up a mountain face, you don't want ot have a conversation about how she feels "tied down" bu your relationship. In the same way, many people experience deep hurt when they open themselves up emotionally and physically only to be abandoned by someone who proclaims he's not ready for a "serious commitment"
*The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment
*All of us want intimacy. It means being close to someone. It's being vulnerable, open, and dependent. it's giving to and reciving from another person the deepest parts of who we are-our hopes, our fears, our secrets, our affections. An intimate relationship in which we know and are known by another himan is one of the most fulfilling and precious parts of life-it's a gift from God.
*We are intimate with those people who have proven their faithfulness to us, people who have shown over time that they will be careful to gaurd our what we have given to ourselves.
*Proverbs 3:3 'let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.'
*As you can see, intimacy without commitment contradicts what the Bible teaches about true love. Instread of being selfless, it's selfish;instead of being patient it's impatient; instead of looking out for the ongoing good of the other person, it's focused on the needs of the moment.
*Deepening intimacy without defining a level of commitment is dangerous. It's like going mountain climbing with a partner who isn't sure she wants the responsibility of holding your rope. When you've climber two thouseand feet up a mountain face, you don't want ot have a conversation about how she feels "tied down" bu your relationship. In the same way, many people experience deep hurt when they open themselves up emotionally and physically only to be abandoned by someone who proclaims he's not ready for a "serious commitment"
*The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment
*All of us want intimacy. It means being close to someone. It's being vulnerable, open, and dependent. it's giving to and reciving from another person the deepest parts of who we are-our hopes, our fears, our secrets, our affections. An intimate relationship in which we know and are known by another himan is one of the most fulfilling and precious parts of life-it's a gift from God.
*We are intimate with those people who have proven their faithfulness to us, people who have shown over time that they will be careful to gaurd our what we have given to ourselves.
*Proverbs 3:3 'let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.'
*As you can see, intimacy without commitment contradicts what the Bible teaches about true love. Instread of being selfless, it's selfish;instead of being patient it's impatient; instead of looking out for the ongoing good of the other person, it's focused on the needs of the moment.
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