Faith is one of only two things in mankind's consciousness that defies discussion. The other is one's marriage.
I would like to have a dollar for every person in a courtship who knew he or she had felt the guidance of the Lord in that relationship, had prayed about the experience enough to know it was the will of the Lord, knew they loved each other and enjoyed each other__ company, and saw a lifetime of wonderful compatibility ahead__nly to panic, to get a brain cramp, to have total catatonic fear sweep over them. They __raw back,_ as Paul said, if not into perdition at least into marital paralysis. I am not saying you shouldn__ be very careful about something as significant and serious as marriage_Yes, there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been genuine illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now. Don__ give up when the pressure mounts.
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I would like to have a dollar for every person in a courtship who knew he or she had felt the guidance of the Lord in that relationship, had prayed about the experience enough to know it was the will of the Lord, knew they loved each other and enjoyed each other__ company, and saw a lifetime of wonderful compatibility ahead__nly to panic, to get a brain cramp, to have total catatonic fear sweep over them. They __raw back,_ as Paul said, if not into perdition at least into marital paralysis. I am not saying you shouldn__ be very careful about something as significant and serious as marriage_Yes, there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been genuine illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now. Don__ give up when the pressure mounts.
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