HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE? (1 OF 3)
How Do I Know if I Have Eternal Life? (1 of 3)
Series: Reassured Series (The Letters of John)
Patrick Edwards
1 John
Introduction
Teresa hates the way I tell the story of how we got together, but I’m the one with a microphone so here we go. As I’ve mentioned before, we met through her brother while preparing for a mission trip to Romania. She caught my eye quickly and so I asked her to dinner while she was in town. Let’s just say that first date didn’t go greatly. First, I had this grandiose idea of taking her to pick out flowers; I thought it’d be fun and romantic. It wasn’t. (Didn’t help that the florist was closed and so we just went to Kroger) Then we had a delicious dinner at Firebirds, but Teresa hardly spoke the entire meal. We grabbed ice cream after, but again, not a lot of conversation.
Date ended. I was feeling pretty uncertain about how things went but was determined to keep trying. But then Teresa stopped returning my calls and emails. I figured she was out. Every time though I was going to just move on, she would then randomly contact me. It was infuriating. ‘‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!’’ Well eventually we sorted it all out in Romania on the trip, and there’s obviously more to the story, Teresa would want you to know. But the on-again, off-again nature of our early communications made me very insecure at the beginning of our relationship.
I’m sure I wore out Teresa in those first six months just constantly seeking reaffirmation from her. I constantly sought reassurances that she was indeed into me, and we were a serious, committed couple. Insecurities in a relationship are normal, though, I think. Fourteen years later and I think Teresa and I both still let our insecurities work their way into our relationship occasionally. In marriage sometimes it isn’t that your worried your spouse doesn’t love you anymore, but sometimes you do wonder if they like you. Like is she just putting up with me or tolerating me. ...
Series: Reassured Series (The Letters of John)
Patrick Edwards
1 John
Introduction
Teresa hates the way I tell the story of how we got together, but I’m the one with a microphone so here we go. As I’ve mentioned before, we met through her brother while preparing for a mission trip to Romania. She caught my eye quickly and so I asked her to dinner while she was in town. Let’s just say that first date didn’t go greatly. First, I had this grandiose idea of taking her to pick out flowers; I thought it’d be fun and romantic. It wasn’t. (Didn’t help that the florist was closed and so we just went to Kroger) Then we had a delicious dinner at Firebirds, but Teresa hardly spoke the entire meal. We grabbed ice cream after, but again, not a lot of conversation.
Date ended. I was feeling pretty uncertain about how things went but was determined to keep trying. But then Teresa stopped returning my calls and emails. I figured she was out. Every time though I was going to just move on, she would then randomly contact me. It was infuriating. ‘‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!’’ Well eventually we sorted it all out in Romania on the trip, and there’s obviously more to the story, Teresa would want you to know. But the on-again, off-again nature of our early communications made me very insecure at the beginning of our relationship.
I’m sure I wore out Teresa in those first six months just constantly seeking reaffirmation from her. I constantly sought reassurances that she was indeed into me, and we were a serious, committed couple. Insecurities in a relationship are normal, though, I think. Fourteen years later and I think Teresa and I both still let our insecurities work their way into our relationship occasionally. In marriage sometimes it isn’t that your worried your spouse doesn’t love you anymore, but sometimes you do wonder if they like you. Like is she just putting up with me or tolerating me. ...
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