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Oh my goodness my friend!! U got it!!! I congrad u my friend *bows*I think you need to go back and read those Bible stories because you're remembering and / or interpreting them pretty incorrectly. So let's go through a very brief history of love, marriage, and Bible. First off, this idea that you have to or should be "in love with" or feel some attraction to a person to make that person a good marriage partner is only about 200 years old. Really it just started up around the time of Jane austen and other classic romance writers of that period; before that people (at least people who were prominent and important enough to get stories told about them) were much more likely to marry for position, power, money, or political alliances.
Second God's choice of David had nothing to do with how he looked, in fact in explaining his rejection of David's oldest brother (and by implication choice of David) we get the rather famous 1 Sam 16:7 -But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” You could say it was Saul who was chosen because he looked like a king, and look how that turned out.
Esther was beautiful but probably didn't become queen just because of her looks. The less sanitized version of that story is something more like Xerxes former wife refused to come and be on display for a room full of dunken men so she was fired as queen and banished. Xerxes went off to war and got his butt kicked by the Greeks ( I believe that included 300 Spartans at a little battle no one's ever heard of in a place called Thermopylae) and consoled himself by coming home and rounding up all the pretty single young ladies in town for his harem and having sex with each one of them so he could decide which one he liked best and declare her the new queen. Anyone still want a love story like Esther's?
Samson had a thing for Philistine women. They seemed to have a thing for betraying him and he ended up blind and a prisoner because of it.
Joseph was sold into Egyptian slavery by his brothers. Bible says he was good looking and it got him falsely accused by his master's wife and imprisoned. After attracting the attention of Pharaoh and being promoted, I'm not sure how much choice he had in if he was going to marry or who to marry (probably one of those political alliance marriages). But it sure was better than being stuck in prison.
I won't say it's impossible for everything to line up and you to feel immediately attracted to and in love with a person and actually go on to have a long and fulfilling relationship with that person, but that is extremely rare. And I would side with those who assert that this mythology of romantic love as something bigger than two people that fates them to be together and live happily ever after does more to destroy relationships than strengthen and improve them. Best anyone in the modern age can do is realize that relationships require a lot of work, sacrifice, compromise, and commitment and become the kind of person who can fulfill such responsibilities once in a relationship (and then choose who to be in that relationship with wisely).
Yeah you don’t have to make a big argument @TheWriter pick someone your own size this girl is 19 years old you should get banned for this fool!Ok whatever if u dont like my opinion that fine. but u dont have to make a huge agrument about it or make a big deal about it. Im just simply expressing my own thought and opinion which people can respect and related to.
Yeah you don’t have to make a big argument @TheWriter pick someone your own size this girl is 19 years old you should get banned for this fool!
I understand that, my manner is different and i get that. I can see how some words i use can be out of context, however misunderstandings happen everywhere.I had a perfect post for this thread. I had it all planned out in my mind, the thoughts I was going to express and exactly how I would word them.
And then I catch up on this thread and it seems we have divided into two groups of kindergarten children, each patting their own group on the back while yelling at the other group.
Forget it! No way am I posting what I was going to in this kind of atmosphere. It would just get trampled in the squabbling.
Lol i had to review something im jot picking on anyone lol lol dang lol dont get so angry dang its a misunderstanding thats all.
Lol its funny that people misunderstand stuff online like one thinking i was yellimg and im not to be truthful?
This lady and i spoke and its a understanding and nothing is out of sorts.
I had to leave to get myself in order to be honest i had to see a doc and i very well could have virtigo.
Yes i change subject i hate confeontations but dang just cuz its a friend dont mean nothin lol
Im not trying to be mean or rude or even cruel they have their views so have i.
They explained their part as have i and thats all it is lol.
And now u know why i didnt wanna post this here so much drama
I had a perfect post for this thread. I had it all planned out in my mind, the thoughts I was going to express and exactly how I would word them.
And then I catch up on this thread and it seems we have divided into two groups of kindergarten children, each patting their own group on the back while yelling at the other group.
Forget it! No way am I posting what I was going to in this kind of atmosphere. It would just get trampled in the squabbling.
Well I've got the height, the sense of humor and the glasses!he's a musician with a great sense of humor! tall, handsome, and wears glasses![]()
Dang lol such anger.Yeah you don’t have to make a big argument @TheWriter pick someone your own size this girl is 19 years old you should get banned for this fool!
Good on you for admitting this. Sometimes it Takes alot for a person to admit they are in the wrong, no worries bro. Nobody’s perfect.Dang lol such anger.
Im a fool, but God says different.
No big deal anyway, i guess that alot of people here really trully take things way out of context as it seems
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MAny know as many do not know.
My name on here used ti be jbrooks5912.
I closed the account and returned a new a few days later. I Needed a change and i needed new views in life.
Im not lole every person tho sis. I dont cate ehat people think about me i can care leas if im liked.Good on you for admitting this. Sometimes it Takes alot for a person to admit they are in the wrong, no worries bro. Nobody’s perfect.![]()
I guess you cared enough to delete your old profile and come back with a new one? LolIm not lole every person tho sis. I dont cate ehat people think about me i can care leas if im liked.
Lol i write to help those who need it and i always show my errors. ANd idc if someone gets mad at me for clearly no reason at all.
I missed everyoneI guess you cared enough to delete your old profile and come back with a new one? Lol
How u been sista?I guess you cared enough to delete your old profile and come back with a new one? Lol