Love & War.....the title explains it all! Another excellent read by some of my favorite authors: John and Stasi Eldredge.
This book starts off with John and Stasi being EXTREMELY open and vulnerable about their marriage, and the several rough times they've overcome. Throughout the book they use very real situations they've encountered during the twenty-some years of marriage to show how God has a grand design with marriage, as well as there being a very real enemy who hates marriage.
I cannot say enough good things about this book. Within reading the first chapter, I already saw things in my own marriage and life that needed to change. It opened up dialogue between my husband and I that really allowed us to work thru some issues we'd been struggling with. I so appreciate the Eldredge's willingness to take the cover off the lie that marriage is supposed to be all butterflies and rainbows, and show it for what it is: a love story set in the middle of a war.
I highly recommend this book to couples in any stage of marriage, good or bad. Our marriage has already seen improvement in communication just in the short time I was reading the book. Go buy it today!
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review!
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Sounds like an interesting book. Thanks for the great review!
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Having been in a marriage that was headed for divorce, the thing I appreciate most about this book is the fact that the Elderedge's reiterate time and time again that one's happiness is not wrapped up in what their spouse can give them, but rather what God provides for them. God is the only one who can meet every need, fill every hole, and heal every wound. And, God is the only one who can fill our hearts with true love for our spouse.
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