How to make your relationship last

[Edwin]

Part of the commandments are between us and God, and part of the commandments are between us and each other. We are the love the lord our God with all our heart, and love our neighbor has ourself. It just naturally follows that if we truly love God then we will love others as well. You are right, Crisi, when our relationship with God is what it should be, so will be our relationship with others and that will last also.

[red]

Stick to the commitment no matter what. Resolve some issues. Have God as your partner in daily life. Have Bible devotions together to start the day. Love each other and respect each other. There are a lot of ways to make a relationship lasts. There are no guidelines for it. You can ask different people and they will tell you different answers but in the end it is only you how to make it lasts.

[Edwin]

Red, I have heard that the family that prays together, stays together, and I think there is a lot of truth to that. Having daily devotions together is a great way to start the day. Stick together because you have made a commitment and resolve the issues are good. You are right, Red, it is an individual issue, and everyone's situation is different, so each has to figure it out for him/her self. We can get lots of ideas, but in the end it is up to us to figure out how to make it work.

[crisipicada]

It takes faith to stay together, really.

[Edwin]

Yes, Crisi, faith is what is needed for a relationship to stay together!

[mystic]

“For love is strong as death” (Song of Solomon 8:6)

[Edwin]

Song of Solomon 8:5; "Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 6; Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7; Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it woud utterly be contemned."

In other words love is worth more than everything that a person possesses, including what he has in his house, and any other valuables that he owns. True love is worth a lot. It is one of the most valuable things we will ever possess in this life!

"It's an early modern English word that evolved into contempt. It came from a Latin root meaning "to scorn" or "to despise". So it basically means scorned or despised.
Source(s):
etymology dictionary"


"KJV Dictionary Definition: contemn
contemn
CONTEMN, v.t. L., to despise; to drive away.

1. To despise; to consider and treat as mean and despicable; to scorn.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned. Psalm 15.

2. To slight; to neglect as unworthy of regard; to reject with disdain.

Wherefore do the wicked contemn God. Psalm 10.

They contemn the counsel of the Most High. Psalm 107.

contemned
CONTEMNED, pp. Despised; scorned; slighted; neglected, or rejected with disdain.

contemner
CONTEMNER, n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.

contemning
CONTEMNING, ppr. Despising; slighting as vile or despicable; neglecting or rejecting, as unworthy of regard.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
Previous word: contain. Next word: contempt."

This word part of the old English language is not familiar to all of us, and so I looked up its meaning in a couple of online dictionary sources, and the above is what I found.

[crisipicada]

I believe it needs prayer. It needs to have a good communication as to try to show love to someone. To love is to be kind and sweet.

[red]

I am enticed to write here about family relationship and how to make it lasts. It is not like marriage that you can divorce. Family is family you can't get away from it. You may forget the members but you are part of it wherever you maybe.

[crisipicada]

For women, we always need reassurance of love. That's what I have been noticed. And I believe it is true.