creativemechanic Posted September 14, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1,273 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 518 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted September 14, 2022 I saw this letter in a collection of Dear Abby responses over the decades. It shows a valuable bible lesson that spills over into every day life. Can anyone spot it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Hartono Posted September 15, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 775 Topics Per Day: 0.34 Content Count: 6,953 Content Per Day: 3.05 Reputation: 1,985 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/15/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted September 15, 2022 In the next 10 years she will be a wrinkled statue in a junk yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativemechanic Posted September 15, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1,273 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 518 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2014 Status: Offline Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 8 hours ago, R. Hartono said: In the next 10 years she will be a wrinkled statue in a junk yard. ummmmmm....... harsh much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted September 15, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, creativemechanic said: I saw this letter in a collection of Dear Abby responses over the decades. It shows a valuable bible lesson that spills over into every day life. Can anyone spot it? Wise words. She should have looked at the age before she married him. Edited September 15, 2022 by missmuffet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted September 15, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted September 15, 2022 11 hours ago, R. Hartono said: In the next 10 years she will be a wrinkled statue in a junk yard. Everyone ages. Everyone will eventually be a wrinkled statue in a junk yard if they live that long. But that is not how we should look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
com7fy8 Posted September 15, 2022 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 873 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 520 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/05/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, missmuffet said: Everyone ages. Everyone will eventually be a wrinkled statue in a junk yard if they live that long. But that is not how we should look at it. Maybe we need to start a discussion about how to view aging. I just started a discussion entitled > "how to view aging . . . stepping off from the discussion topic 'regretting marriage' . . . " > here's our link > https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/283123-how-to-view-aging-stepping-off-from-the-discussion-topic-regretting-marriage/ Edited September 15, 2022 by com7fy8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativemechanic Posted September 17, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1,273 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 518 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2014 Status: Offline Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 On 9/15/2022 at 12:29 PM, missmuffet said: Wise words. She should have looked at the age before she married him. Exactly- In Luke 14, Jesus tells us to count the cost before becoming a disciple. This applies to everyday life as well, before we make any major decision, we need to assess what all of the future results will be and decide if we can bear them. While I dont think she should get a divorce, I can sympathise with her. When she got married ,she probably didnt realise that marrying a man 28 years her senior would mean he'd start approach old age when she'll be in her prime so now she has to deal with being a young woman with a man who is nearing eldery. Also this- whats a 44 year old man doing courting a fresh out of school teenager. Werent there and women in thir 20's 30s and 40s around? At that age, her brain isnt fully developed into adulthood and shes hardly able to make such drastic decisions. WHERE WERE HER PARENTS!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne Posted September 17, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 108 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3,827 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 4,818 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 hours ago, creativemechanic said: Exactly- In Luke 14, Jesus tells us to count the cost before becoming a disciple. This applies to everyday life as well, before we make any major decision, we need to assess what all of the future results will be and decide if we can bear them. While I dont think she should get a divorce, I can sympathise with her. When she got married ,she probably didnt realise that marrying a man 28 years her senior would mean he'd start approach old age when she'll be in her prime so now she has to deal with being a young woman with a man who is nearing eldery. Also this- whats a 44 year old man doing courting a fresh out of school teenager. Werent there and women in thir 20's 30s and 40s around? At that age, her brain isnt fully developed into adulthood and shes hardly able to make such drastic decisions. WHERE WERE HER PARENTS!!!! I'd be better able to assess this is I knew what year it was written. "Dear Abby" began in 1956. Life was different for women [including young women] back then. You said two things that do not dovetail. You said she should have "counted the cost". Then you said her "brain wasn't fully developed into adulthood". How can she count the cost if her brain is not an adult brain? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdHoc Posted September 17, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 4 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,061 Content Per Day: 3.30 Reputation: 1,464 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/29/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted September 17, 2022 The Lord reveals three types of love in the Greek - "eros", "philadelphia" and "agape". The love that initially attracts a man and a woman is "eros" (from which we get "erotic"). Unless the marriage was organized, "eros" played a part in our case above. Most marriages that survive have an element of "eros", but sometimes it grows cold. I think that the solution, or the cause for failure, will be found there. Sure, it's a pain when you want play a game of squash and your partner calls for his slippers and newspaper, but if you can both work to dig up ol' EROS, it might save you a silly divorce. It doesn't have to be a diamond ring - but it will need some work. I am one of seven children and my wife is one of four. The attrition rate for divorce is 50%. Half my siblings, and half my wife's siblings are divorced. Without exception the divorced ones admit that they should have worked harder at the relationship and avoided the divorce(s). The second (and in one case the third) marriage just brought a new set of problems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted September 17, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted September 17, 2022 5 hours ago, creativemechanic said: Exactly- In Luke 14, Jesus tells us to count the cost before becoming a disciple. This applies to everyday life as well, before we make any major decision, we need to assess what all of the future results will be and decide if we can bear them. While I dont think she should get a divorce, I can sympathise with her. When she got married ,she probably didnt realise that marrying a man 28 years her senior would mean he'd start approach old age when she'll be in her prime so now she has to deal with being a young woman with a man who is nearing eldery. Also this- whats a 44 year old man doing courting a fresh out of school teenager. Werent there and women in thir 20's 30s and 40s around? At that age, her brain isnt fully developed into adulthood and shes hardly able to make such drastic decisions. WHERE WERE HER PARENTS!!!! It is also bad judgement. A Christian needs to take everything before God before they make their first move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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