Courtship is simple, right? You’re attracted to someone andthey return the affection. You want to establish a closer relationship,something a little more serious than just dating . You’re goal is commitment.

God wants all of our relationships to be healthy ones, from our friendships to our Many couples now choose to remain in this stage, living together indefinitely, with negotiate the seemingly uncharted waters of dating in a Christian manner​?

Who, newly in love, preoccupied from morning till night with thoughts of love, can believe they will ever be out of step with their partner, that the feelings they are experiencing so strongly will ever fade? Certainly no bride or groom wants to hear that their flame will burn lower in time. But, in a sense, it will. The passionate love that begins a marriage cannot sustain a marriage.

Newlyweds who equate true love only with passion are doomed to disappointment. Marriage is a journey through predictable passages, or stages, of love.