Every year the February meeting of SMS club is traditionally devoted to the topic of love. When thinking about romantic relationships, we often notice how different couples describe them in different ways: “we’re just going out”, “this is my guy / my girl”, “we're living together…” Often young people are in no hurry to make their relationships official, turning them into a trial period that is in effect a common law marriage. What's that? A lite version of a serious relationship? A kind of test for love? Or maybe just an indication of your irresponsibility? The SMSers tackled these and other questions on the evening of February 24th.

 

"For one person everything has to be real, but another person is afraid to lose freedom … and relatives and small innuendos" - this was a colorful skit that the actors of the SMS team performed to illustrate the problems of many contemporary couples. Everything else that was brewing in their minds, the attendees were able to express on paper: they composed clever verses about love and even performed them in rap style.

Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of living together, the traditional video interview clip with Poltavans, and a short question and answer session rounded out the discussion of the theory of love. And what about practical experience? Open relationships - do they represent freedom or selfishness? Can marriage destroy love? How do you know when you're really in love? Vladimir and Maya Golovash shared both clever and romantic answers to these questions.

Everyone wants deep, secure relationships. As Christians we know that our love cannot be perfect without God. So before we try to get into a close relationship with someone else, let's think about the quality of our relationship with the Creator. That's the first test for love we need to pass.

Vlada Ryabukha

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