LOVE AND LOVE Reflections

Engagement is a word greatly misunderstood and misused in our days and age. Many, including some churches, misconstrue the traditional marriage to be the engagement, which is totally wrong and out of ignorance. "Engagement is an intermediate stage (period) between the time of a marriage proposal and marriage when a man and a woman commit fully to each other to make practical preparation for joining themselves to each other in marriage." Betrothal which is a form of engagement (also called espousal) was once common in formal arranged marriages, and it was common for parents to betroth their children to arrange marriages many years before the engaged couple were old enough. Betrothal in the Jewish tradition is taken very seriously; breaking a betrothal requires a formal divorce, and violation of betrothal is considered adultery.  The Marriage Proposal & Acceptance A marriage proposal is an event where one person in a relationship asks for the other's hand ...

Do you remember the book, Courtesy for Boys and Girls ? Maybe everyone should get a copy because it’s amazing how much rudeness we have in our societies these days. Courtesy has been thrown away such that there is no regard for the elderly, authority, and rules and regulations. There are a lot of bad habits in our daily lives.  Is it not amazing that “Christians” are daily increasing in numbers, but the rate of deviant behaviours and social vices keep soaring? Courtesy is love in little things; it is Love in society – in relation to etiquette or manners. It is said that, “Put the most untutored, unsophisticated person into the highest society, and if they have a reservoir of love in their hearts, they will not behave unseemingly.” The courteous person can mingle with any society. Someone rightly said, ‘there would be no need for laws if there is courtesy in our societies.’ Truly, Love is not rude; it does not behave unbecomingly, and it is not ill-mannered. Being courte...