Christian relationships...?

Question

will a long distance work between two child of God??
what practical things can we do to make it last that, hopefully, it'll lead us to a lifetime commitment (marriage)??
any words of advice or encouragement will be deeply appreciated!!! God bless ^_^

Answer 1

Prayer and faith.
Eventually you will need to be together physically in order for any relationship to prosper.

Answer 2

First off. I know I couldn't do a long distance relationship because I can't really put the effort into it. I've tired one once, but no luck.

Anyways, so, a long distance relationship can be stressful, hard and much more. But, in the end it's worth it. You both have to put effort into the relationship though. Because if only one of you are putting all the effort into the relationship; it's not going to work out.

Phoning each other, Chatting online, Sending post cards, Anything to keep in contact with that person would be a practical thing. When you 2 get the chance to be together then you'll be happy (hopefully)

Well, not really sure if that helped out a whole lot.
Hopefully it did.

Good luck though!

Answer 3

Yes, it can work when you both have faith in God. My husband and I shared a long distance relationship more than 10 years ago. We started off by writing to each other and as we begin to know each other more over the months, we started calling each other on the phone. No, we didn't have the ease of emails then. By the end of the year, we decided that it was time for him to come meet my family and we knew from the beginning that we both wanted a lifetime commitment. We found out that God's hand was upon our lives as he brought us together even though I was a visitor to the church I was visiting at that time and only seen him a few times. We are happily married for 10 years now and are blessed with two beautiful children.

Seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you. Ask and it shall be given to you for God is a good Father and he gives good things to his children. When you have God on your side, no one can be against you. God bless you both.

Answer 4

.... Corin.... let me speak as someone that has done the long distance thing even though I know I'm not Christian...

I met my husband 8 years ago online. Three years later, we got together after meeting face to face and have been travelling back and forth for years. We've spent alot of money, time and energy and we've missed out on alot with each other.

Things like he was not able to be here when my mom died of cancer in 2003. Things like he missed my sisters wedding and the birth of my nephew.

And I missed out on the single hardest time of his life. That of hurricane Katrina. He lost everything but some clothing and his car. You can't imagine how painful it all was and I couldn't be by his side and so desperately wanted to be.

He and I got married June 17, 2006. He's the love of my life and we're working on bringing me down there to be by his side and make a life for us both.

Long distance is extremely difficult at the best of times, Christian or not. It's so hard to deal with not being able to see each other all the time.

But, I do have to say that the one thing he and I have that most others never do is absolutely fantastic communication. See, we haven't had the chance to get caught up in the physical side of things.

Yet, I can't wait to talk to him every night (sometimes for only five minutes, sometimes for 5 hours). And I know he feels the same. We talk about everything. And nothing. We don't even have to say anything and yet we can sit there just knowing that the other is on the line for hours.

The first year is the hardest. If you can get past that, you'll make it.

But it's not easy. It never will be.

I'd say he's worth it. I'll be leaving behind everything I know and love to be with him. And for no other reason in the world would I ever do it. Because I love him. By the gods, I love him. We have no secrets because there's no need for it and the only way to have a relationship long distance is to have the open communication. So we talk about everything. And I love him more every single day and more every time he opens his mouth.

I love him.

It's not easy, but you CAN do it. And the religion is the easy part. It's the distance that can kill you.

Answer 5

Long distance relationships are hard. In person is the best way to get to know someone, seeing their facial expressions or hearing exactly the way they say something. That makes email the worst. IM is second to that only because it is faster, phone is ok..but you might find yourself having arguments over dumb things, do to the lack of things I said in the second line. But it can and does work for a lot of people. it works best if it only for a limited amount of time.eg a few months or a year. Longer than that is just draining.

Answer 6

If you two are meant to be together, then that's what will happen.
Long distance relationships are hard on everyone. Don't get discouraged...just hang tough and you'll see.

Answer 7

If you both have your attention focused on God he will draw you closer together. Bless you.

Answer 8

One of the very cool things about knowing God is that he knows the answers to questions like this. If you really want to hear his answer you have to be prepared to accept his will whether it is "yes" or "no" or "move to Borneo"

Answer 9

LONG DISTANCE MARRIAGE IS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU CANNOT SIGN THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT AND OTHER PAPERS NEEDEDON YOUR MARRIAGE.you tell your fiancee to come to your place of residence or municipality or go to their placxe for the maarriage

Answer 10

It has a greater chance of working than most.