How is courtship different than dating?

What Is Courtship?

Courtship is a relationship between a man and a woman in which they seek to determine if it is God’s will for them to marry each other. Under the protection, guidance, and blessing of parents or mentors, the couple concentrates on developing a deep friendship that could lead to marriage, as they discern their readiness for marriage and God’s timing for their marriage. (See Proverbs 3:5–7.)

Courtship is a choice to avoid temptation and experience the blessings of purity. It is a choice to not emotionally give

EMOTIONAL AFFAIR

The term emotional affair is often describes a bond between two people that mimics the closeness and emotional intimacy of a romantic relationship while never being physically consummated. An emotional affair is sometimes referred to as an affair of the heart. An emotional affair may emerge from a friendship, and progress toward greater levels of personal intimacy and attachment. What distinguishes an emotional affair from a friendship is the assumption of emotional roles between the two participants that mimic of those of an actual relationship - with regards to confiding personal information and turning to the other person during moments of vulnerability or need.

How to Get Noticed Before a Word Is Spoken

Let’s play a game. It’s called How to Get Noticed.

Pretend you are at a crowded party or social gathering and you see a cute guy/girl that you want to talk to–how would you go about getting his/her attention? Do you:

A. Make a loud noise such as clearing your throat, coughing or sneezing?

B. Walk straight up to your crush, interrupt the conversation and introduce yourself?

C. Linger in the background listening to the conversation and then at the perfect moment interject a witty comment or expound on a point made in the conversation showing how intellectual you are?

For most people the method depends on personality and level of intro/extroversion. However, the truth is that all of the approaches listed above won’t let you a smooth interaction and can actually hijack your attempt at connecting with an unknown person.

Discipline without Anger

Discipline is doing what you have to do, even when not convenient at the right time, it is controlling yourself to do some particular things and stopping some certain things that does not conform with your principles or your way of life.

Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire, it is not by showing off or showing a dog who is boss, it is by taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

RE-CREATE YOURSELF

Do not accept the role that society foist on you. Re-Create yourself by forging a new identity, one that command attention and never bore the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you. Incorporate dramatic device into your public gesture and action – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

The critical voice inside our head

Most don’t realize it, but as we go about our daily lives, we are subconsciously interpreting every situation that arises–both big and small. We have an internal voice inside our mind that shapes our perception about what we are experiencing.

Some of our internal conversations can be negative, unrealistic, self-defeating and self-deprecating. We say things like, ‘I’m going to fail for sure’, or ‘I didn’t do well. I’m hopeless. I’m useless.’