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RE:do you believe in dating
natesse
April 19, 2003 at 4:58 PM
Hello Brethren Beloved:

This was a somewhat gray area for us at one time, but I now have firm convictions about this, and dating is out. This is something my 12 year old daughter and I discuss regularly. I pray daily she will continue to be committed to absolute purity until she marries. The committed monogamous relationship between me and my husband is certainly a good example for our children, and I can say unequivocally that all the "disposable" relationships I had in my youth were not a positive influence, but extremely negative, because God never meant for male-female relations like that to be disposable! Even the most innocent relationships can wreak emotional havoc on young hearts and minds when they end with rejection.
A perspective that has really helped me understand this is that God is not bound by time, He sees everything in the past, present, and future. In the same way, if we plan to be married to one man or woman in the future, than we are ALREADY MARRIED to our future mate in the eyes of God.
For your consideration, here is an excellent article by Michael Pearl about dating and marriage:
http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/to_betroth.htm
This is my view...:o)
Your sister in Christ,
Sharon Beverly
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RE:do you believe in dating
DELETED USER
March 27, 2003 at 1:41:07 AM
well, i dont think that people should date too young..... i think that they should start courting at 14, then actually date at 16.

--bekah
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DELETED USER
March 7, 2003 at 8:47:06 PM
I don't think you should put an age on dating. It varies from person to person and situation to situation. I think that it is ok for a student to become involved in "inter-gender" relationships, but I also believe that those relationships need to have boundaries.

If you do not believe that it is ok for a teenager to date, than what is an appropriate age?

If you do, what are some of the boundaries which you set forh for yourself or for your child?
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missfaithfulheart
March 7, 2003 at 3:18 PM
I think you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. If you can tell that dating and breaking up won't have any real lasting effect on your future relationship...then you sound like dating isn't really what you are after...

I think you sound like a good friend, who will probably find their soul mate after first finding their best friend...
not their fiftieth boy friend...


:-)
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Hershey
March 4, 2003 at 5:10 PM
I don't know what to think!
I'm 17 years old and at school I see a lot of young people date different guys all the time. They hug and kiss and break up and then do the same with others. How is that suppose to help you find the person you are going to spend the rest of your like with? I guess I'm not exactly aswering you question, but instead asking you to give me some king of advise on what I should do. I
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