Book Review- Love And Respect

This is a book review. But it's really not just a book review. It's really a whole lot more than that...
But first, here's the book:

I'm not even done reading it yet but I feel so strongly I'm going to "review" (aka discuss) it now and probably again later too. 

Basically, the bottom line is that I can't believe I (or anyone else for that matter) is allowed to get married prior to reading this book. It's premise is earth shattering (and life changing?!). First off- it is biblically based which I didn't know when I first picked it up but quickly learned. It is entirely centered on God's written word. 

The idea is that when God discusses marriage in the bible, one of the most common and well-known verses is Ephesians 5:33- which more or less says- husbands should love their wives and wives should respect their husbands. It is of utmost important to note that it doesn't say husbands should love their wives and wives should love their husbands. And thus, the mind-boggling has begun. Men and women are different. AND, God made it that way. Purposefully. But He didn't stop there, he also expects that we will read these words, understand them and act according to them- for His sake, not even for the sake of the husband or wife! 

I could go so many ways with this post but for now I'll stop there (at the tip of the iceberg!). I first heard about this book years ago when spending some quality time with some of our good friends. I just visited them again a few weeks ago when the book was brought up (in passing) again. Soccer season has been taking it's toll on our family- like it usually does- and I thought you know, maybe if I read that book it will help Kevin and I. This is SOOOOOOOOO the understatement of the year/century/eternity. 

So the point is, I encourage you, if you're bored or have nothing to read, or if you're wondering why sometimes being married feels like the super-most-hard thing you've ever even thought of doing...maybe it would be worth taking this book for a test run. I didn't know that I didn't know, until this book opened my eyes. And now I know a little more, and feel armed and ready to learn a whole lot more about what God intends for marriage to be- and more importantly, what God intends for husbands and wives to be.