date a friend ????

[JPPT1974]

If God wants me to marry somebody who is my friend at first then go into something more intimate, then that is His will. But if He doesn't, I want friendship to be first and foremost important.

 

[RED that's ME]

You have gotten some good advice here.

No matter how mature you think are right now at 15 I can assure you that you will see it differently in a couple of years.
The purpose of dating is for finding a future mate and personally I don't think that most teens are ready for marriage mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
Also you ask about dating a friend. Too many people start off with the wrong foundation for dating. Most people go from aquaintances to dating and most end up with broken hearts/relationships/emotional scars and then wonder what happened. Too many people are loose with their words/hearts/emotions in a relationship.
The Bible tells us to guard our heart and with good reason.
To have the right relationship a couple should build it as friends first then good friends to best friends and then dating IMO.
The first thing a person should do is pray, pray, pray about their relationships.

 

[JPPT1974]

You have gotten some good advice here.

No matter how mature you think are right now at 15 I can assure you that you will see it differently in a couple of years.
The purpose of dating is for finding a future mate and personally I don't think that most teens are ready for marriage mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
Also you ask about dating a friend. Too many people start off with the wrong foundation for dating. Most people go from aquaintances to dating and most end up with broken hearts/relationships/emotional scars and then wonder what happened. Too many people are loose with their words/hearts/emotions in a relationship.
The Bible tells us to guard our heart and with good reason.
To have the right relationship a couple should build it as friends first then good friends to best friends and then dating IMO.
The first thing a person should do is pray, pray, pray about their relationships.

We should indeed guard our hearts and that we should also do our best in letting the Lord decide whether we should go from being best friends into something more. Because I also don't want to end up with a broken heart and emotional scars as well as an broken friendship that can't be mended at all.