Before You Look for Love

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Before asking who would make a good husband or wife, what kind of person am I becoming? Before You Look for Love turns the attention toward identity, inherited patterns, adult responsibility, inner life, character, desire, friendship, and the capacity to choose wisely. Will Bourne connects biblical reasoning to ordinary choices: a promise kept, a truthful answer, an apology that becomes conduct, a boundary respected. Finding the right person cannot compensate for refusing our own formation. Preparation is not perfection, and marriage is not its reward. Singleness is a full life. The book can serve people hoping for marriage, those choosing an unmarried life, readers after loss or rupture, and people already in relationships who recognize work within their responsibility.

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Questions this book helps you face

• Why begin with the person looking for love?
• Does the title assume everyone will marry?
• How does childhood enter an adult relationship?

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Before asking who would make a good husband or wife, what kind of person am I becoming? Before You Look for Love turns the attention toward identity, inherited patterns, adult responsibility, inner life, character, desire, friendship, and the capacity to choose wisely.

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