Sex for the sake of sexual pleasure has an element that is not always
found in a loving relationship.
If you're not having any first dates, well... you're not likely to
find yourself in a loving relationship in the coming year, are you?
Not exact matches
Seth's fractured
relationship with his father and flirtatious glances from
love interest Abbie are enough to keep Seth motivated
in his new
found career.
Even if a man succeeded
in work, amassed piles of money, and experienced good health, without
loving relationships he wouldn't be happy, Vaillant
found.
«Just like anyone can start their day with a killer workout,
find a way to master a craft,
find meaning
in their work or create a passionate and
loving relationship,» he says, «the secret lies
in being able to break through the fear and unlock the limiting beliefs to create the life of your dreams.»
This set of people engaged
in a random national survey about how to
find a compatible partner along with other questions about
love and
relationships.
As we seek to build a
relationship with him through intentional time together, meaningful communication, and acts of service, we will
find that he is already reaching out to us
in love (1 John 4:19).
It has nothing really to do with religious faith - it has to do with people's ability,
in their final hours or days, to see
love as way to understand their life and their
relationships and
find some comfort
in that understanding.
Perhaps after several months or years of putting aside their own needs
in favor of the other spouse, and after countless acts of sacrifice and
love, they may have
found that there was a
relationship worth saving there.
Every year, millions of people abandon the institutional way of doing church, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the Church, but because they
find that intimate
relationships with others and
loving service
in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His disciples.
This is the beauty of adulthood
found in our
loving and growing
relationship with ourselves.
They have been led, often unwillingly, to affirm that
Love in its infinite capacity for relationships and its profound participation in that in which it is at work, is the very nature of God himself; they have found in that love the clue to God's way of working in the wo
Love in its infinite capacity for
relationships and its profound participation
in that
in which it is at work, is the very nature of God himself; they have
found in that
love the clue to God's way of working in the wo
love the clue to God's way of working
in the world.
I'm trying to
find anyway that the
relationship between my wife and I will be affected if two people who are already
in a
loving relationship get to have the same civil rights that I enjoy.
As Carl Dudley writes, «When church size is measured by human
relationships, the small church is the largest expression of the Christian faith,» And David Ray reminds us that «small churches are the norm, primarily because many, many people still
find them to be the right size
In which to
love God and neighbor.
But as a teenager I
found it very disturbing that there was no
relationship between all the nice things that were said
in church, about
love and kindness...
Hence we have every right to think that
in that dynamic life which is unsurpassable and hence divine there is, not a becoming more divine, which would be absurd, but an increasing capacity for
finding occasions through which God may employ,
in one way or another, that which is always remembered; and also,
in this very action as it continues on
in God's
relationship with creation, a growing acceptance of those who have contributed to the cosmic enterprise of
love at work
in creation.
Because someday I hope to
find another church
relationship — one
in which I can be myself and know that I am
loved.
She is my wife, we are
in a
relationship that demands a level of
love, intimacy and vulnerability that goes beyond friendship and can only be
found in a God - blessed bond.
The fulfilment of our various vocations of
loving, and the integration of our desires and needs, is
found by recognising that
in all our
relationships we share directly and intimately
in some aspect of the Lord's own universal mission of creative and redemptive
love.
To
find a better path requires that you experience
love, the
love you do not have to earn because it is simply there, already there,
in the
relationship itself.
Mike i like what you wrote about the
relationship with Christ its all about that.To me the gospel description is
found in that verse it covers our fathers
love that he has always
loved us from the beginning when he created us it covers the reason why Jesus was sent to put things right to remove our sin guilt and shame and to receive from him new life his life eternal but it is just as real today and tomorrow and forever.brentnz
It challenges priest and layman alike to live out to the full a
loving relationship with Our Lord and His Church
in the confused world
in which we
find ourselves.
time for me to leave my country for 5 years study (medical field)... and while i am i that country (China) once i intercourse with a prostitute (i am really shamefull)... then after few times i
found another girl
in facebook (from my hometown only) then fall
in love with her and that
loves get stronger day by day (she is a christian) and i told her that im not virgin and i had this girlfriend and i did with prostitute so she forgives me and ask me to lie new life... but still i havent leave my e girl friend (i
found difficult to leave her, i do nt
love her much, but i do nt know how i
love her
in first place, she is much older than me), my ex gf came to suspects about my new
relationship via facebooks post, comments, likes and all and sometimes i did told her that i have this new friend... as time passes by, she realised it and she do nt talk to me anymore till now... and last time i went home i met my new girl friend and we intercourse....
The
love which is revealed
in Christ is a
love which seeks the fulfillment of all things
in such a
relationship to one another that what flows from the life of each enriches the life of all, and each participant
in the whole life
finds his own good realized through the giving of self to the life of the whole.
God accepts whatever we bring to the God / person
relationship — our physical and spiritual condition, personality, connection to reality, our participation
in relationships, talents, inabilities, cognition, knowledge, ignorance, life journey, spiritual journey, walk about, wandering, seeking, questioning, questing, acceptance of God, rejection of God — and our emotional and mental status: hate /
love, anger / peace, sadness / happiness, hurt / health, feeling lost and abandoned / feeling
found and included, agitation / serenity, apathy / passion, confusion / clarity, fractures / wholeness — all of this, all of whoever we are and have ever been and every action committed or ever contemplated and every thought we ever explored or entertained or that flitted through our mind — all of this, we bring to the God / person
relationship and God accepts the totality of who we are and every component that comprises who we are — as a gift.
The romantic or idealistic
love between a teenage boy and girl (frequently still to be
found even
in our modern sensualised world) may also be accompanied by a desire to show bodily affection - a desire filled with a tenderness and respect that operate as a curb, not only on lust if it seeks to assert itself, but also on bodily expressions of
love which would not be true to the real existential
relationship between the couple.
From this we also point out that human beings
find wholeness and happiness uniquely
in relationship to God, whose
loving intervention we must expect and look for throughout history.
An experienced growth facilitator reports that
in the «Marriage Effectiveness» weekends which he and his wife co-lead, they have
found it important to balance the emphasis on nurture and handling conflict constructively.3 Focusing only on
love - support - nurture makes marital groups one - sided and increasingly irrelevant to real
relationships which inevitably blend
love and conflict.
When we speak of the double efficacy of the risen Christ as ideal and as objective datum for present becoming, we might do better to speak of a «triple efficacy» of the
love of Christ, for that faith,
love, and communion with God which are Christ's
find innumerable, if only partial, echoes
in the lives of individual believers and
in that system of
relationships which they comprise within the world.
From another perspective, the problem might be identified as one of damaged
relationships among members, the repair of which might be
found in building up a fellowship that encourages greater
love and less animosity.
Find and build
relationships with people who
love, value, accept and believe
in you.
The framing of a husband and wife
relationship in terms of
love — the kind of delightful, playful
love found in the Song of Songs — completely changes things... So, too, if we frame our
relationship to the Bible
in terms of authority, we will inevitably have authoritarian issues emerging as theology.»
Of course, Aniston has been been mercilessly scrutinized ever since former hubby Brad Pitt left her for Angelina Jolie, and was categorized as a tragically single woman who couldn't keep a man then who finally
found true
love with Theroux (but who didn't marry her right away — which seemed problematic — until they finally wed), and now that they are splitting is right back
in the thick of it, including articles suggesting, once again, that she can't keep a man, that she's made bad
relationship choices (it's always the woman's fault, right?)
Interested
in finding a
loving relationship that works for you?
Looks have nothing to do with real friendship, shared values and humility, which is what any solid
loving relationship is truly based on, sad to say that's why most miss out and fall short
in finding our true life partner.
Submission after submission I
find myself duped, baffled and / or slightly disgusted by what I am reading, not because I think the mothers
in the submissions are sick people, but because I think it's inappropriate to attribute qualities of romantic
love to the
relationship you have with your son.
• The need to exercising self - compassion as you process emotions • Emotional purging
in a conscious way to move to an easier parenting journey • Moving passed mindfulness and consciousness to peacefulness • Functioning as a peaceful human being • Moving from «doing» to «being» • The value of peaceful presence, free of emotional trigger, for your kids • Modelling ownership of behavior for your kids • Peacefulness as a practice that takes time • Parenting as an extension of nature: gradually forging new pathways
in your
relationships and being expansive, not staying «stuck» • The healing power of authenticity with your kids • Aiming for perseverance and presence, not perfection • Exercising compassion for others and recognizing we don't know their struggles • Learning how not to try to control others and focus on self to remain peaceful • Journalling as a practice to release emotions •
Finding opportunities for stillness • Releasing others from the responsibility for reading your mind • Shifting to a solution focus to create momentum • Fear: being curious about it to avoid being driven by it • Showing up
in your own home to make a difference
in the world • Practical ways to nourish yourself • Unconditional
love — what does that look like?
It has taken me many months and another pregnancy that resulted
in the birth of a living baby for me to come to
find a
loving relationship with my body again.
Claire and Danessa are wonderful examples of open adoption participants who
found a way to grow their
relationship and maintain a
loving connection for Carolyn's sake
in spite of any challenge.
We often take our
loved ones for granted, but
in a marriage or a
relationship, it is so very important to
find time for your partner.
If we approach the situation with a continued and unrelenting expectation that we WILL
find ways to help them fall
in love with fruits, vegetables and whole grains — we WILL indeed
find ways to remove barriers, and we will change their
relationship with food.
More tips on building a close and
loving relationship with your new baby can be
found in our leaflet for parents, Building a happy baby.
Of course the UK debt to the US meant we were not equal by 1945, and
found little
love in the special
relationship since ending imperialism was also a US war aim.
Artists and record labels share a desire to see the creator paid for his or her work, but the new -
found love -
in between musicians and the businessmen who represent them (and take ownership of their work) is a new development
in what has historically been a
relationship fraught with tension.
And long - term, people who've been
in long - term
relationships, through imaging studies and so on, we
found that, you know, there is increased activity
in pleasure centers of the brain; so
love over time makes you feel better.
If real life was a romantic comedy, starting a new
relationship would go something like this: You'd lock eyes, knowing
in some deep and spiritual way that you'd
found The One, and from that moment forward tumble head - over-heels into
love, never to be separated again.
It'd be safe to say our heroic journeys revolve around
finding a peace of mind,
love, and a great sense of purpose; and those problems and solutions are
found in relationships; with the most important being the
relationship with our Self.
How often have you had the experience of falling
in love and believing that you have
found your soul mate, only to have the
relationship fall apart — ...
This size - inclusive wellness event was focused on women, and celebrating the
relationship between
loving your body and
finding joy and success
in all other aspects of your life.
For six years, I was
in a
relationship with a man whom I
loved very deeply, but our
relationship couldn't work because we weren't evolving together and I
found myself scared to speak up and communicate what I needed
in the
relationship.