A very interesting and profound statement...
I know some folks will have to look this word up in the dictionary...
"Courtship" was a means of revealing over time and walking though steps to see who was qualified to be a lifetime partner with you...
The hook up culture destroyed that notion
My bride of 36 years and I shacked up for about six months and realized we were doing it wrong...
We moved apart and I "courted" her for over a year until we were sure we were the ones God wanted to be together for a lifetime...
Yes, that meant no sex...Lots of cold showers...
That year was worth the 36 plus happy and joyful years we have had and will have until death parts
That’s a wonderful story. I knew a man (my brother in law who has passed on) who did that. He courted a woman who had teenage daughters. He slept in his car outside their house so they would know he was a Godly man and respected her. At his funeral those kids recounted about how they mistreated him when they were younger but as adults his example was their inspiration. Their tears told me how sincere they were. I’m not sure they ever actually told him that but he must have known.