![]() ![]() It is told as a (true) story of a marriage counseling couple helping people with marriage or marriage-like problems - a man looking for a woman to marry, an unmarried woman feeling trapped in a relationship, a pastor's wife feeling neglected because her husband puts church members' needs ahead of his family's needs. The only book on marriage I have read that I thought worth keeping and periodically re-reading. This book is so universal and honest, I cannot fault it in any way. A necessary example for married couples everywhere. I now feel confident that I am able to continually become a better wife for my husband, that when I have no strength I know what I want God to help me with, and that it is possible for a broken person like me to be a good wife for my lover.Įspecially in a world where many marriages fail, where people give up too quickly, where we receive very little support from our families and friends, and where we have few examples of healthy marriage, this book is necessary.Ī requirement for engaged couples everywhere. What is my goal? What balance do we take in terms of being ourselves / being a couple? What do we do when it seems impossible? Why should I put in the effort to resolve conflict? ![]() Until reading this book, I had no clear understanding of what it looks like to be a wife (or husband). The explanations he gives of how God designs marriage - what it means to leave, cleave and become one flesh - really make it clear what my role is as a spouse. The many different troubles couples experience in the book cover many of the possible problems seen in a typical marriage. In this book, Walter Trobisch narrates the conversations he has and lectures/sermons he gives over the course of a week in Africa. I expected this to be a surface-level "christian book," with little practical advice and a lot of good-sounding fluff. ![]() Neither of us has really had much of an example of a healthy marriage - we're sort of making it up as we go. I was given this book by a friend while having trouble with my husband. ![]()
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