I am all about improving my marriage. I read everything I
can get my hands on (books, blog posts, articles) that could offer biblical
advice. Frankly, I have gotten a little saturated, partly because it is not
like a science equation where you put in A and B and automatically get C, real
life doesn’t work that way. As a result I have become a little burned out and
skeptical. So it was with reservations that I started reading Wife After God. It actually sat on my shelf for almost six months before I dug in, but once I started I couldn’t put it down!
Being a devotional, this book really should be taken a day
at a time for the whole month, but it took considerable discipline for me to only do one day at a time. Her insights
are fresh, invigorating and challenging! She takes biblically real life
principles and challenges you in a way that is both refreshing and poignant. She
is real with her own struggles, not to beg sympathy, but to give it and to
admonish wives in the truth.
Each devotional begins with verses that center around the
focus of the day, followed by thoughts from the Bible, her own life and others
that expand on the daily theme in a compassionate but down-to-earth way. Rather
than telling you her ideas and why she thinks you should do things her way, she
gives God’s plan and truths and shares stories that show the truth and wisdom
behind that.
Each day ends with a prayer that comes from the heart, a
personal challenge to apply the truth from the day directly to your marriage,
and journal questions to help you reflect and tie it all together. I found the
journal questions especially helpful. They helped me to not only express my
concerns and frustrations, but also to see where I was wrong and what I needed
to change.
I have been blessed for years by her blog, and now by her
devotional as well. I would highly recommend this to any wife with a desire to
seek God and strengthen her marriage. And I look forward to going through it
again soon, myself.
For more information go to: http://unveiledwife.com/
To purchase a copy
for yourself or a wife you know, go to: http://shop.unveiledwife.
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