Family: LOVE is the Real Thing!!

LOVE is the Real Thing!!

Written by James Sorrell

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do that...it was only designed to be spent on others, like a water cycle! Real LOVE is what you do for ALL others that is in their highest or best interests, anytime, anywhere, selflessly (24/7)! C. S. Lewis wrote in MERE CHRISTIANITY that "it is better to forget about yourself altogether" and focus on all those you come in contact with, renouncing pride & self-centeredness, because we can easily be deceived by repparttar

enemy if we focus on ourselves....he writes "as long as you are looking down on others (putting yourself first), you will never see what is above you"! Christ said that repparttar 111062

only law now is love! At least see to it that your neighbor (everyone) has it just as good as you do! 1 Corinthians 13:7 The real thing [love] applied never fails!!!

Teacher: The Keeper of the Flame, and Lover

The Marriage Test

Written by Johnette Duff

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You may believe repparttar idea of a premarital agreement is unromantic, but marriage itself is a contract between man, woman and repparttar 111061 state. Often, it isn't until death or dissolution of repparttar 111062 relationship that couples find how intrusive repparttar 111063 state-controlled marriage laws can be.

The state's marriage contract is influenced by old-fashioned assumptions about repparttar 111064 American family, assumptions that have little basis in today's reality. No matter how distasteful this control is, our intimate personal relationships are regulated by duties and responsibilities determined by repparttar 111065 legislatures and repparttar 111066 courts.

Marriage, even in repparttar 111067 midst of repparttar 111068 changes in our society today, is here to stay. For those whose faith in repparttar 111069 institution of marriage remains hopeful, repparttar 111070 secret to success is knowledge of repparttar 111071 legal and financial ramifications of repparttar 111072 union.

An understanding of how assets acquired in marriage are owned, both during repparttar 111073 marriage and upon death or dissolution, is fundamental. The fifty states are divided into separate and community property states. However, within each state, repparttar 111074 rules vary widely and are continually reevaluated as society demands.

Do you know what repparttar 111075 laws of your state are? If not, check out loveandthelaw.com for an inexpensive and easy way to find out.

The love and repparttar 111076 law newsletter is written by Johnette Duff, Attorney at Law* Copyright 2004 by Johnette Duff Ms. Duff is licensed in repparttar 111077 State of Texas www.loveandthelaw.com

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Johnette Duff is the author of The Spousal Equivalent Handbook: a legal and financial guide to living together, The Marriage Handbook: a legal and financial guide to your spousal rights, and Love After 50: a legal and financial guide. Nationally, she has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning and in various publications promoting information on love and the law. Ms. Duff has recently opened a web site titled, love and the law.

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