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"Amazing" Discovery

Discussion in '2003 Archive' started by HeDied4U, Dec 28, 2003.

  1. HeDied4U

    HeDied4U Well-Known Member
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    **note: I posted this here because I'm sure the following comment will generate plenty of debate. I may post later on why I make such a statement, but for now I'd like to hear your thoughts and comments **

    And what, you ask, is my "Amazing" discovery; only that selfish people should not get married

    Adam
     
  2. I Am Blessed 24

    I Am Blessed 24 Active Member

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    Okay. Stepping out of the boat into the water now. :eek:

    It is very hard, if not impossible, to give your best to your spouse if you are selfish.

    Selfishness stems from egotism and narcissism. Neither of which has a place in a Godly marriage.

    Selfish people have never learned or been taught to share. The selfish person has a major case of the 'I' syndrome and 'I' is right smack in the middle of S 'I' N...

    We are to go into a marriage with a "how can I make my spouse happy", not "what can my spouse do to make ME happy".

    Should I duck now?

    [​IMG]
     
  3. NaasPreacher (C4K)

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    Don't know how they can be a debate, except for the disclaimer that all are selfish to an extent.

    Marriage is "us" not "me."

    Eventually we learn that "us" is always best for "me" anyway.
     
  4. gb93433

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    Know anybody that is not selfish?
     
  5. Brett

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    Everybody is selfish, it's just the matter of degree.
     
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    So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

    For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
    Eph 5:28-29
     
  7. HeDied4U

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    posted by Ps104_33...

    Ahhhh, but therein lies the rub. What if a man doesn't love himself? What if hates all that he is and all that he does? How can such a man love his wife? Does such a man even know what love really is; what it really means???

    Adam
     
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