I have a great great great book to share with you all this week!!
I was SO excited to join this blog tour, and the Lord knew I would need it when I received it. His timing is always perfect, and I soaked up this book like a sponge during a rough week in our marriage. I hope that my husband will grow on the idea of reading this with me and doing the video series, hopefully with some other couples.
Jon and Stasi Eldredge open up like i’ve never seen any couple do before in a book that will strengthen your marriage and your relationship with the Lord like no book has before. This isnt just a book written by some scholar on what the Lord writes in the Bible about marriage. This is an honest approach and we are shown what goes on behind the man and woman’s perspectives in a true marriage, both the ups and downs. Jon and Stasi don’t attempt to put up a facade of the perfect marriage. They let it all hang out and are humbling with the way they open up about every topic of their marriage, from the fights they have had, to issues with inlaws, their sex life and their relationship as parents.
I highly recommend this book to any couple, whether engaged or married. I plan to read it again, and possible more than twice because it is just that good!!
A must read!
Book: Love and War
Author: John and Stasi Eldredge
Dates: February 8-12
Summary:
What the Eldredge bestsellers Wild at Heart did for men, and Captivating did for women, LOVE & WAR will do for married couples everywhere. John and Stasi Eldredge have contributed the quintessential works on Christian spirituality through the experience of men and the experience of women and now they turn their focus to the incredible dynamic between those two forces.
With refreshing openness that will grab readers from the first page, the Eldredges candidly discuss their own marriage and the insights they’ve gained from the challenges they faced. Each talks independently to the reader about what they’ve learned, giving their guidance personal immediacy and a balance between the male and female perspectives that has been absent from all previous books on this topic. They begin LOVE & WAR with an obvious but necessary acknowledgement: Marriage is fabulously hard. They advise that the sooner we get the shame and confusion off our backs, the sooner we’ll find our way through.
LOVE & WAR shows couples how to fight for their love and happiness, calling men and women to step into the great adventure God has waiting for them together. Walking alongside John and Stasi Eldredge, every couple can discover how their individual journeys are growing into a story of meaning much greater than anything they could do or be on their own.
To purchase this book go to:
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385529808
