I feel like this is the next step, but why?
Why do I want to get married?
My initial answer was - because in order to progress in every aspect of our relationship, the next step is marriage.
Emotionally, spiritually, and physically, would it be healthy for us to continue to progress at this pace without getting married?
The physically is obvious.
But do we ever think about emotionally and spiritually? How far should an investment of emotional "deposit" be allowed to go before marriage? - can you invest too far emotionally before marriage - I'm beginning to think so actually.
And more importantly than all of this, my thought up until this point has been "WHEN we get married isn't really a big deal - if we were really self-controlled like God wants us to be, we could last as long as we need to before getting married - after all, anything we're not in control of is a problem, right?"
I'm beginning to think differently.
Naturally, we are designed to grow; progress. I think maybe, just maybe, halting that growth for too long in an area as important as a relationship (possibly a marital one), could actually be unhealthy.
I wish I were older. But then again, no I don't :)
