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Hey y'all. I'm in a precarious situation right now. Yes, I am falling in love with someone and I want to approach this in a faithful way. My previous relationships included me putting the other person above everything basically, but I want to put God in the first place this time. It's probably healthier this way. Any Christian books about phenomenology of love or falling in love that you know of?

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[–] context@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

c.s. lewis' the four loves is probably a good place to start for what you're looking for

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks, I'll give it a read.

[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Commenting because I want to know also and I want to get back here easily, hope someone responds comrade I wonder of this myself too.

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just wanted to bump you since there's already some cool recommendations.

[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

I bump back, much love comrade gonna check out the recs rat-salute-2

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That's so sweet. I just recently met someone too so I'm also in that early honeymoon phase, it's a beautiful feeling of the fullness of possibility.

I'm not sure if it's more theory-heavy than what you're looking for but I'd recommend Works of Love by Søren Kierkegaard and Wisdom in Love by Rick Anthony Furtak. Apologies I couldn't find a PDF of the latter, both are great reads in their own right though.

Good luck and God bless both of you.

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Here's the .pdf link for the other book.

P. S. Anna's Archive is a great meta-resource for other shadow libraries.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, cool! Thanks so much!

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thank you so much! I am indeed looking for something theory-heavy indeed and have always wanted to get into Kierkegaard. So, thanks for being the tipping point for that. I'll check the other book out too. Hopefully I can find reflowable formats for my e-reader. If I do, and anyone wants them, just DM me.

My heart is dancing and my mind is on fire! I want this to be good and blessed. Thank you for the kind wishes, and may God bless you two as well <3

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Oh, that's very serendipitous then. I don't know what you meant by reflowable but here is an epub version if that's better for you.

That's beautiful! Thank you too!