Long Distance Relationships

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.