- Mar 5, 2018
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Hey, I am new to this site and I am looking into the idea of doing either a devotional or bible study with my s/o. I'll go into a little detail about each of us and our relationship to try and help y'all help me! (sorry it got more lengthy than I thought!!)
About our spiritual paths: Both my girlfriend and myself were raised in southern, christian households and were raised heavily in the church. Each of our faiths have weakened in the past few years as we graduated high school and moved on to college. Her faith said stronger than mine, but neither of us are really involved in the church lately except for the occasional Sunday visit. With both of us being pre-law and being involved on campus we find it hard to fit church service into our weekly routine (please don't harp on this because it is not going to help us right now and we know we need to do a better job to carve that time out). We are both looking to continue and grow in our faiths.
Now our relationship: I met her fairly early in my first semester at college. We became close friends throughout the semester and began to date about halfway through. At the time, I was struggling with severe depression and it put a strain on our relationship. After a few months I decided that I needed to focus on myself before I could try to focus on a relationship and we split. After a short period of time, I withdrew from the university and began working. She and I connected during this time and began our relationship again. A year after we first met I made the decision to change universities and start my studies on the pre-law path. We made the decision to work at a semi-long distance relationship where we spend one to two weekends a month with each other and one of our families. We have now been been together for a little over a year and are coming to a stage in our relationship where we are discussing the future and what it might hold for us. I guess you could say we are in a pre-engagement stage where we are looking into what that would mean for us even though neither of us want to get married until after we graduate in a year and a half to two years at the earliest but neither of us want to rush it.
With all that being said, does anyone have any ideas for either bible studies or devotionals that we could complete together? I would like for us to have a daily study we do on our own and then either that day or maybe once a week discuss what we have been studying. I hope to find something that will bring us closer to the lord first, but also something that might help guide our relationship as we discuss our future together.
About our spiritual paths: Both my girlfriend and myself were raised in southern, christian households and were raised heavily in the church. Each of our faiths have weakened in the past few years as we graduated high school and moved on to college. Her faith said stronger than mine, but neither of us are really involved in the church lately except for the occasional Sunday visit. With both of us being pre-law and being involved on campus we find it hard to fit church service into our weekly routine (please don't harp on this because it is not going to help us right now and we know we need to do a better job to carve that time out). We are both looking to continue and grow in our faiths.
Now our relationship: I met her fairly early in my first semester at college. We became close friends throughout the semester and began to date about halfway through. At the time, I was struggling with severe depression and it put a strain on our relationship. After a few months I decided that I needed to focus on myself before I could try to focus on a relationship and we split. After a short period of time, I withdrew from the university and began working. She and I connected during this time and began our relationship again. A year after we first met I made the decision to change universities and start my studies on the pre-law path. We made the decision to work at a semi-long distance relationship where we spend one to two weekends a month with each other and one of our families. We have now been been together for a little over a year and are coming to a stage in our relationship where we are discussing the future and what it might hold for us. I guess you could say we are in a pre-engagement stage where we are looking into what that would mean for us even though neither of us want to get married until after we graduate in a year and a half to two years at the earliest but neither of us want to rush it.
With all that being said, does anyone have any ideas for either bible studies or devotionals that we could complete together? I would like for us to have a daily study we do on our own and then either that day or maybe once a week discuss what we have been studying. I hope to find something that will bring us closer to the lord first, but also something that might help guide our relationship as we discuss our future together.