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FEELINGS: RESPECTING OTHERS' AND GUIDING YOURS

Who do you have feelings for - that brother or that sister? Should I shock you that someone can have feelings for his or her friends, students, teachers, step siblings or step-parents etc? That man in Corinthian Church slept with his father's wife/step mom, Reuben slept with his father's concubine, Dinah was defiled by a prince, Potiphar's wife almost slept with Joseph etc. Before it resulted to lust, rape, incest, sin and all that, it all started from feelings that were unguarded and the feelings of others that were not respected. 
In fact, let me ask you, since the time you've been aware that you too can feel an affection or emotion for someone (as a sign that you are getting matured - puberty) or since that stage of age you got to, and your body tends to like hearing the voices, seeing the faces or being around the opposite sex; how many people (that you told or kept a secret from) have you had feelings for and how many had feelings for you (either you knew or they told you) till date?

Don't tell me nobody or somebody - if you have at least passed the nursery/primary school level now, to show you aren't ignorant of what I'm talking about, because there have been times in your life that you've find these special kinds of people attractive and you are fond of them that you started to like seeing their faces, hearing their voices and having them around more usual than you do to any other person all through those years till now. It shows that you've had feelings for such people and if you've find out the same way these people or some special others have been doing to you, it also proves they've had feelings for you too.

Some call it "Like", "Crush" (feeling infatuation with or unrequited love for or an infatuation or affection for), "Infatuation" (an unreasoning love for or sexual attraction to) or "Feelings", all are intertwined. It's not until you say "I love you" or because you didn't say it that defines if you have feelings. 
The English Dictionary defines feeling as regards our focus to be "(always) emotional attraction or desire" and the always there means it happens almost every time, that one cannot do without except one guides and controls it. With the above understanding, you can count the numbers of people you've blindly had feelings for. 

If by now, you've understood how to guide or control your feelings and respect others' feelings, you'll find out you'll have very few people (one or two - not mixed) you would have feelings for not because of relationship (marital - except if you or both of you are aware you are meant for each other) or lustful sake. 
Don't be surprised that those single men in the scriptures (Fathers of Faith like Paul, Elijah, Daniel etc) that died without marrying or engaging in marital affairs also had feelings including Jesus. How do I know? What did they do to their feelings? 

To be continued...
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