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About the book:
Hardcover / 316 Pages
Discover how to live out a sacred marriage. You believe your marriage has eternal purposes. you long for it to reach beyond your home and encourage others. But what does it look like to have a spiritually intentional relationship in the midst of dirty dishes, work deadlines, and car pools? In Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas showed us that God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy. Now, in A Lifelong Love, Thomas gives us the practical tools to craft our marriages into inspiring relationships that breathe spiritual life to others. Whatever season of marriage you are in, A Lifelong Love gives your the practical help you need to infuse your marriage with a spiritual passion that will not only change you but will change the world around you.
About the author:
Gary Thomas is writer-in-residence at Second Baptist Church in Houston, a frequent guest on Focus on the Family and FamilyLife Today radio, and a popular speaker. His award-winning books, including The Sacred Search, have been translated into over a dozen languages and together have sold more than a million copies worldwide. Thomas and his wife have been married thirty years and have three children.
My Thoughts:
What is Marriage to you? Is it just a union by the State, extra benefits at tax time, a spouse that helps you manage a house, or is your marriage your best friend that you get to spend the rest of your life together? I was engaged 3 times and on my second Marriage, not because I didn't love the others but because they were not meant to be. This time I married my high school sweetheart, my best friend, and my soul mate! Marriage is so much more than just two people saying I Do.
As Gary Thomas states in his book in the beginning you spend the first part of your relationship talking about the past, then you get engaged, and before you know it you are saying I do. After you say I do it doesn't stop there, in fact that is where it all starts.
There are many aspects to a great Marriage and to me it starts with you. You have to love yourself before you can love someone else, and if you are putting God first in your life then you will see that your love life will fall into place. You will find a man that loves you for your brain, your soul, your relationship with God, and he will understand that he is second in this relationship. So many times we jump into relationships based on looks, and they do fade,but it the marriage is built around God then your spouse will always see that beautiful husband or wife they married.
I see so many marriages now that aren't working and too many people getting married with the idea that if it don't work out then we can get a divorce. I don't condone this attitude and think that a marriage is a lifetime commitment. My first husband was very abusive and the second guy I was engaged to was abusive to my son from my first marriage. I researched and study the Bible, I talked with my pastor and other elders in the church seeking answers and at no point could anyone so me where it says that when I said Til Death Doth Us Part, did it mean that my spouse would be the death of me. I had others to think about and I left to save not only me but my son. Then I reconnected with what is now my FINAL Husband. Yes, he is my second husband , third engagement but this time I feel more and more everyday like it is the right one. Do we fight? If I said no I would be telling you a lie, our marriage isn't perfect and yes we have issues. But we try to work things out by talking and and understanding. I can't leave out the most important component to a good marriage and that is God and also Prayer. Trust me when I say that as a Mother of 3 children, a husband, a pit/rockweiler mix dog that I pray a lot. I also babysit a three year old and have an infant on the way in January so Prayer and God is my plan of action.
Would you like to win a copy of !A Lifelong Love~? Maybe you know someone going through a hard time with their marriage and you would like to give this as a gift? Well, here is your chance to win a copy of the book and you can keep it for yourself or you can give as a gift. It is easy peasy, just follow the reafflecopter below and you are entered!
My Thoughts:
What is Marriage to you? Is it just a union by the State, extra benefits at tax time, a spouse that helps you manage a house, or is your marriage your best friend that you get to spend the rest of your life together? I was engaged 3 times and on my second Marriage, not because I didn't love the others but because they were not meant to be. This time I married my high school sweetheart, my best friend, and my soul mate! Marriage is so much more than just two people saying I Do.
As Gary Thomas states in his book in the beginning you spend the first part of your relationship talking about the past, then you get engaged, and before you know it you are saying I do. After you say I do it doesn't stop there, in fact that is where it all starts.
There are many aspects to a great Marriage and to me it starts with you. You have to love yourself before you can love someone else, and if you are putting God first in your life then you will see that your love life will fall into place. You will find a man that loves you for your brain, your soul, your relationship with God, and he will understand that he is second in this relationship. So many times we jump into relationships based on looks, and they do fade,but it the marriage is built around God then your spouse will always see that beautiful husband or wife they married.
I see so many marriages now that aren't working and too many people getting married with the idea that if it don't work out then we can get a divorce. I don't condone this attitude and think that a marriage is a lifetime commitment. My first husband was very abusive and the second guy I was engaged to was abusive to my son from my first marriage. I researched and study the Bible, I talked with my pastor and other elders in the church seeking answers and at no point could anyone so me where it says that when I said Til Death Doth Us Part, did it mean that my spouse would be the death of me. I had others to think about and I left to save not only me but my son. Then I reconnected with what is now my FINAL Husband. Yes, he is my second husband , third engagement but this time I feel more and more everyday like it is the right one. Do we fight? If I said no I would be telling you a lie, our marriage isn't perfect and yes we have issues. But we try to work things out by talking and and understanding. I can't leave out the most important component to a good marriage and that is God and also Prayer. Trust me when I say that as a Mother of 3 children, a husband, a pit/rockweiler mix dog that I pray a lot. I also babysit a three year old and have an infant on the way in January so Prayer and God is my plan of action.
Would you like to win a copy of !A Lifelong Love~? Maybe you know someone going through a hard time with their marriage and you would like to give this as a gift? Well, here is your chance to win a copy of the book and you can keep it for yourself or you can give as a gift. It is easy peasy, just follow the reafflecopter below and you are entered!
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