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Relationships
First Love
By Sarah Brady
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
Revelation 2:4 (ESV)
Do you remember when you were first in love? Your palms were sweaty and your heart raced. You longed to be near that special person, to spend hours talking about anything and everything. And you were probably willing to do things that you wouldn’t normally do—whether that meant hiking instead of shopping, or going to a movie that wasn’t your first pick, or even eating a different type of food than you preferred.
We all know that love—real love—can cause us to take some drastic measures. Take, for example, my situation. Last Saturday morning, I got up around 6:40 a.m. Now, that time may not seem very early to you, but I struggle to be a morning person—especially when it comes to Saturdays. So why would you have found me wiping sleep from my eyes as I walked downstairs before 7:00 a.m. that day? Because I love my husband, who was studying for one of the largest tests of his life.
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Mine is Yours, and Yours is Mine
Should I be responsible for his financial past? Should he be responsible for mine?
By: SharaLee S Ward
Nathan and I have been married for 18 months. We went through pre-marital counseling to ensure that the surprises would be minimal once we sealed the deal. And contrary to the popular belief that the first year is always the hardest, we’ve had it pretty easy. But one thing that I had to learn through experience was that sharing financial responsibility doesn’t exclusively mean we now split the rent and the cost of groceries because we live together. The area of finances also includes any prior debt before marriage, and in our case included student loans and fines for illegal activity.
After high school Nathan fell into the drug scene and participated in illegal activity including fraud and theft to support the drug habit. He spiraled downhill for about 4 years before he found Teen Challenge, a Christian based drug and addiction rehabilitation center. Thankfully God healed and saved Nathan from his destructive lifestyle and he miraculously sustains no physical or internal damage from the drug use.
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