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Great post!

My parents were both saved later in life, and both dated. Maybe that's why I believe that dating is ok with the right attitude. Most of my friends act like I'm crazy when I say that, so it's nice to see someone who understands. :)

~ Katie

I have been searching online for this exact subject! Not just courtship, but about parents maybe not being involved or not taking it seriously.

I have tried, although not very hard, to get my parents involved, and all they seem to want to do is "set me up" with one of the sons of a really good family friend; this would be all well and good except that he's WAY too much like a brother and he's younger.

I tried dating once and he was younger than me-and like you said, it was fun, and not much else-but at this point in my life, a younger man just doesn't work.

I've been working towards finding more Christ-centered friends and such, while not completely shutting out my other friends. But this post give me hope! Although I'm still TERRIFIED of finding someone who I think is just what I need, and then it goes sour. It's almost a paralyzing fear. "I'm not scared of love, I'm scared of not being loved back."

But this post still gives me more hope than I had.

Thank you so much!

Hi
Very nice and intrestingss story.

The blessing of parents that do care and are involved is that they are able to see things you may not be seeing, call them blind spots. It's true that if you put God (jesus) first in all your relationships, then you are standing on solid ground. Yet because experience is part of wisdom, that is why it is so important as additional encouragement, a safety net if you will. It is a blessing from the Lord. What if you don't have it? Perhaps this is the kind of encouragement need we should be filling on our Godly Courtship forum? What do you think?

Blessings,
Frank and Angie

The aim must be to decide whether or not it's right to marry. I am dubious about long relationships (3-4 years). What will you find out in the 5th year that materially affects your decision that you didn't know in the 4th year?
The window of opportunity, especially for women, is not long. It's not right to string along for six years and then not marry. How many such courtships do you have time for?

Thank you, that was extremely valuable and interesting...I will be back again to read more on this topic.

Top website, I hadn't noticed truefemininity.blogspot.com earlier in my searches!
Keep up the great work!

My husband says we dated, I like to say we courted. Whatever you call it, we centered our relationship around God. When two people focus on God instead of focusing on each other, they draw closer to God, and therefore closer to each other (imagine a triangle).

As difficult as it can be waiting for God to bring the right man, I am so thankful that I did wait. While I had many friendships with men, I never dated around, even though I was encouraged to by my Christian family. I am thankful that I was patient and focused on God instead of on myself and men.