Include God in your relationships

If you are single, being single is an important time to prepare us for marriage. It can also be a time to experience a closer communion with God. As we seek God to cleanse us of the world and help us become the kind of wife or husband that would bless someone, we will soon find that we are not lonely.

Godly relationship is built upon Truth in scripture and Truth to each other.  It is not resentful, vengeful, and unforgiving or based on lies.  Here are some other things it is not:

1.       Something you "fall into" - a black hole.
 2. Infatuation. Emotional loss of control. "Flipped out.."  "Couldn't help myself." Romanticism  and sentimentalism. "Puppy love." Boy-crazy; girl-crazy.
3. Evaluating another by external criteria. "She's a #10"
4. Selfish. Interested in "getting" to satisfy my needs.
5. Taking advantage of another (age, height, weight, looks, intellect, emotional maturity, spiritual maturity, social standings, social skills, psychological understanding, place of
authority, financial superiority, etc.)
 6. Improper need fulfillment. Need for love, acceptance, relating, bonding, belonging, to be valued, affirmed, excitement, identity, etc.
7. Lust.  Hormones.  Lasciviousness, sensuality. "Let's get physical."
8. Sex.  "Making love."
9. Idolatry. "..........is my life.  " Totally preoccupied in attention and time.