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Sacred Marriage

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.
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Comments

  1. The Griffin Family says

    August 6, 2011 at 10:11 am

    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.

    Reply
  2. mary says

    August 7, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    Pam! It’s good, I promise. And a quick read once you actually start. ha!

    Reply
  3. The Griffin Family says

    August 7, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    alright fine . . . I’ll give it a shot after I am done reading about hot vampires.

    Reply
  4. mary says

    August 8, 2011 at 1:01 am

    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.

    Reply

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