Confession: I normally don’t like reading religious, self-help books.
Whew. Glad I could get that off my chest. I already feel lighter.
It’s not that I don’t like Christian-themed books. I’d read Rob Bell until I’m blue in the face. Donald Miller? I’m on it. Anne Lamott? Done.
But I’m kind of a Christian book snob and a lot of them just don’t cut it.
So when the minister at our church recommended (on multiple occassions…over the course of multiple years), Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas, I finally broke down and bought it.
And then took two years to start it. I, apparently, like to ease into a self-help book.
But now that I’ve finished it, I’m not sure what I was so afraid of. And I’ll be re-reading it soon.
The book revolves around the idea that maybe God intended marriage to make us more holy than to make us happy. And I didn’t really like that idea very much (nor understand it) until I read the book. And now I get it. And agree wholeheartedly.
It made me think about my spouse differently. And our interactions differently. It made me think of how worshipful submitting can be. And while I don’t really like that part of it, I probably need to work on that one. A lot. Boo.
Married? Read this book. Going to get married one day? Read this book. Divorced? Read this book. In other words, read this book.
There is no way in (insert place you never want to visit here) I am reading that book! 🙂 BUT I will recommend it for my spouse.
Pam! It’s good, I promise. And a quick read once you actually start. ha!
alright fine . . . I’ll give it a shot after I am done reading about hot vampires.
I’ll just let you borrow mine so you don’t buy it and then blame me if you don’t like it. I’ll send it tomorrow.