Cohabitation: Human Wisdom vs God’s
I wrote an article on how cohabitation sets couples up for the very hurt they want to avoid. Amanda responded with the counter-argument: "Divorce teaches you can lose everything so you want to screen a potential spouse before making a serious commitment." That sounds reasonable but research shows that cohabiting fosters an inertia in lower commitment couples which creates a false sense of togetherness that causes long-term pain to the partners. God's wisdom brings the very protection you want.
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I wrote an article on how cohabitation sets couples up for the very hurt they want to avoid. Amanda responded with the counter-argument: "Divorce teaches you can lose everything so you want to screen a potential spouse before making a serious commitment." That sounds reasonable but research shows that cohabiting fosters an inertia in lower commitment couples which creates a false sense of togetherness that causes long-term pain to the partners. God's wisdom brings the very protection you want.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
And yet another case of how human wisdom falls short of God’s.
Ron: And yet another case of how human wisdom falls short of God’s.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Maybe you’ve seen my article on how cohabitation sets couples up for the very hurt they are trying to avoid. Amanda responded on social media with the counter-argument: “Divorce teaches you that you can lose everything,” she said, “so you want to screen a potential spouse before making a serious commitment.” Now, that sounds reasonable. Try before you buy. The problem is it doesn’t work.
Research shows that cohabiting fosters an inertia in lower commitment couples that creates a false sense of togetherness that actually causes harm to the relationship and long-term pain to the partners. So, God’s wisdom—not man’s—brings the very protection you’re looking for. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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