You want to cultivate this seed of faith as you want someone who can walk alongside you on your faith journey. Faith is a second seed you want to pant in fertile soil.Friendship is a foundation in a healthy marriage. Friendship is a seed to plant in fertile soil.Spring is about planting the seeds of a healthy relationship.What are the seeds of the spring season that we should look for in the beginning stages of a relationship? “Regardless of how you experience the initial feeling of meeting someone, you still have to navigate the seasons of the relationship.”.God doesn’t write the same love story twice so we have to change our expectations.

Through walking through the seasons of the relationship, Debra realized that each season had the ingredients to have a healthy marriage and THAT was the confirmation.Most of these experiences will happen through faithfulness and step by step. Not all moments in the Christian walk are going to be grand experiences.Debra said it was a process of getting to know her husband before she knew. It wasn’t an overly spiritual experience.This is where a couple typically decides if they see a future and they start planning for it.ĭid God give you confirmation when you met your husband? This is the season when the relationship cools down. This is where two people realize they are two different people and can have differing opinions and conflicts. Fall is the season of communication but can also be a season of conflict. Summer is the season of intimacy and deepening the emotional aspects of the relationship.

This is the beginning of the relationship where chemistry starts to bloom, a friendship is growing and an attraction is blossoming.

Every season reveals something new about the relationship.

Each season brings a different element to the relationship that will make or break a relationship.

What are the four seasons of relationship and why do you think each is important? On this episode, Debra and Kait talk about the different seasons of a relationship, specifically, the beginning stages (or otherwise referred to as the spring season). Her popular relationship advice blog,, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Heart of Dating welcome Debra Fileta on to the show this week! She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season.

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