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Lasting Love

Did you notice recently when I posted the article about the seven Fs I read about, that you need in a marriage the first one mentioned was friendship? That struck me at the time. The thing you might expect would be love. But no, it was friendship and food for thought. The trouble is love today has come to mean many other things. People talk about ‘falling in love’ when often it is a physical attraction or it’s tied up with lust and the sexual appeal of the other person. It’s how they feel when they are with them. We’ve … Continue reading →

Don’t Lust After Your Husband

“Lusting after your spouse is a sin,” our pastor claimed, paraphrasing actually from something he once heard Pope John Paul II once said. My husband and I looked at each other. Uh oh, I immediately thought. I have a healthy appreciation for my husband in that way, and was afraid of what was coming next. I thought that out of all of the people in the world, well, it was okay to be sexually attracted to my husband. But you know, the pastor, and consequently the pope were right. Once I heard the explanation, I had to completely agree that … Continue reading →

Are There Different Styles of Love?

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I had really never put a lot of thought into the different ways that people perceive love. I know that people can feel love in many different forms. However until recently I really had never thought about there actually being different styles of love. We use the term “in love with” so generally that at times it can be difficult to place a specific definition on the phrase. One article that I came across stated that not only do people feel and perceive love differently; there are different forms or styles of love that people may experience. In most cases, … Continue reading →