[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/16/2005 7:29:35 PM
Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John wrote:
>No
family is united conceptually -- all
>speaking
the same thing. None. Zero.
>Does
not happen. How, then, unity?
Lots
of disconnects in what you write, John. My family all speaks the same
thing. It is hard to follow you when you make statements of fact that
are not factually correct.
I
have been a pastoral counselor for, oh, maybe 35 years. I have never
met a single couple who would disagree with what I said in my post.
Not a one. If the kind of agreement I speak of is the same as yours,
your's much more the exception to the rule than you suppose.
I believe you have a good point about how family relationship stems not
primarily from doctrinal agreement but from a loving interaction. The
problem is that you then deny the true unity that results when we truly
love one another. When people love one another, they come into unity
and will speak the same thing and be of the same mind.
LOL,
David. Certainly this can happen -- but it is the exception rather
than the rule. Care to compare data? I do not have any idea why you
would even want to disagree with my post. No two people on earth get
along better than my wife and I. None. Zero. We disagree on personal
interest -- she likes cooking shows and I like detective mysteries.
Whe loves going to the mall -- I seldom accompany her. She speaks
in tongues and I do not and never will. She has not settled on a
church to attend and I have been to several. She is a back seat
driver and I am a victim. She does not believe in physical
discipline and I invoke the wrath of God when the Grandkids come
around _ they do love their grand dad, by the way.
She likes bold colors in the house and I do not. She is more easily
swayed by people that I consider to be false prophets. I could go on
and on. We are fully united in love and respect. We will never
speak and think the same things to the point of being fully united in
that action. I do not believe your marriage is different.
John
Based on our experience, John, I can tell you that the longer you are
together, the more alike you become. Takes time though.
Terry
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