Ten commandments for Relationships
Rules are good. Even if you bend and stretch them, rules define your boundaries and keep you in line. If you’ve found your woman and want to be faithful, it’s crucial that you establish some ground rules. Sure, let’s call them commandments, like this minister did.
Ed Young wrote Ten Commandments of Purity to make sure that he’d never get out of line. These commandments are designed to keep him away from temptations and maintain his love and respect for his wife.
I like them, especially the fourth: You shall not take the covenant of marriage in vain by apathy. Make sure you include that one when you write your own commandments. Personally I’ve skipped commandment five, six and seven, because they are so strict. The important thing is that you know yourself and how far you can be trusted, and set up a fence around the danger zones.
Ten Commandments of Purity
1. You shall have no other human relationships before your woman, including the kids.
2. Remember the date night and keep it holy.
3. Honor your woman on anniversaries and special days so that you may live long in the land the Lord has given you.
4. You shall not take the covenant of marriage in vain by apathy.
5. You shall not ride in a car or eat in a restaurant alone with a member of the opposite sex.
6. You shall not travel alone.
7. You shall not counsel a woman with the doors closed.
8. You shall not share the details of our marriage with others.
9. You shall not watch, read, or expose yourself to sexual explicit shows, books, DVDs, etc.
10. You shall remember the implications of breaking this covenant and commandment before God.
Quoted from the CreativePastors Blog (and slightly rewritten).
Illustration photo ‘commandments’ by In Da Midst
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