Marriage-Building Messages featuring
Beverly LaHaye,
Julie Clinton,
Joyce Penner,
Barbara Rosberg,
Deb Laaser,
Carrie Oliver
and Laurie S. Hall
I thought I wouldn't really enjoy this book, but I figured it might still have some useful knowledge scattered throughout.
I was pleasantly surprised, I did enjoy the book and it had a lot of good knowledge concerning marriage.
This book was written by six female authors, and it was written for a female audience, but I still very much gained from it. (a man can never complete the quest of understanding women)
I can still remember, off the top of my head, the last two chapters. One was penned by a woman whose husband was a famous counsellor and pastor. He ended up getting found out as a sex addict. The author talks about the struggle of dealing with that, and the intimacy issue of their marriage which perpetuated her husbands problem. The last chapter was interesting because resolution was found in the author leaving her marriage. Her husband struggled with pornography and prostitution, (if my memory serves me correctly), and he continued to choose those vices before and above his marriage.
This is a book I borrowed so I didn't highlight in it. I'm going to try and look up some of my #MGW tweets on twitter so I can share, and remember, a few nuggets:
This is the great gift of despair: It strips us of that which we think is important in order to awaken us to that which is essential."
.. joy burns brightest after hope has entered into the dark agony of despair."
(I think twitter is limiting my search to tweets from within the last week, let me try facebook):
Life is all about the choices we make. The choices I have made in the past have led me to where I am today. The choices I make today will lead me to where I will be tomorrow. My tomorrow is full of promise and that promise starts with who I am today." #MGW
Hope requires us to risk trusting that the dreams God has given us will come true without the foundation of knowing exactly how things will play out or when resolution will occur." #MGW
Seeking forgiveness is a matter of the heart, purposely turning away from a specific infraction and making the promise not to inflict harm in that way again. It's not something you simply do for the sake of restoring peace." #MGW
The Chapters and Authors were:
The Joy of Marriage God's Way
Beverly LaHaye
Spiritual Intimacy in Marriage
Julie Clinton
Sexual Fulfillment in Marriage
Joyce Penner
Making Your Marriage a Great Marriage
Barbara Rosberg
Can God Heal a Marriage?
Deb Laaser
Talk, Touch, and Tenderness in Marriage
Carrie Oliver
Beyond Betrayal
Laurie Sharlene Hall
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