As the saying goes “Nothing is permanent in this world except change” and nothing has exemplified this more than contemporary life. With the advent of technology, everything now seems to go by so fast. It might be the most popular thing today but it will be obsolete tomorrow. Life expectancy is also becoming shorter. Gone are the days when we fully commit to something because we know it will last for a long time. It just seems so hard to give yourself to something when you know it will be gone tomorrow. The name of the game today is coping with change. Adjusting over unchanging. One will have a very hard time surviving in this world if he can’t accept this new reality.
This reality of permanent change has also affected the way people form relationships with each other. People are having a hard time making a lasting commitment to others as we can see from the increasing divorce rates and breakups especially in the western world. It’s already accepted as a perfectly normal activity. More importantly, a lot of people today are finding it very hard to fully commit to God who is the only permanent thing in this world. They believe more in practicality than in sentimentality thinking that permanent commitment is not just practical enough to do nowadays.
Another effect of this reality on relationships is that contemporary life values openness and freedom. Permanent commitment will just drag us down. It will limit oneself so he can’t fully achieve one’s own potential. That is why more and more people today are going into relationships with the mutual understanding of temporary commitment. Meaning that if the relationship does not work, then they will just part ways with no ill feelings towards each other. This ...