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Monday, August 26, 2013

Wife after God {Review}

I recently completed the Wife after God devotional, by Jennifer Smith. If you read this post or this post, you got a glimpse of how much I enjoyed this book and how much I learned in the 30-day devotional period.

unveiledwife.com Wife After GodI am not a blogger who does regular reviews of products. Actually, I think this is my first one. However, when the author of this devotional asked for bloggers who would be willing to write a review on the book, I felt it was something I had to do. After all, I had already purchased my own copy of the book and was nearing the end of the 30-days. It seemed only natural for me to share my opinion with you, in hopes that you may benefit from the book as well. 

This book is not a typical marriage devotional, which is one reason I loved it so much. The focus of the book is about how nurturing and developing a relationship with God leads to fulfilling marriage relationship. There wasn't a list of things to do or ways to change, there was no checklist or surveys. While I believe there is a place for those types of things, that is not what I needed.

What I needed was to focus on me...and developing a deeper, more intimate relationship with my creator. 

Marriage is an opportunity to bring glory to God as you reflect His love story. (p.15)

That is what Wife after God offered me. It gave me thirty days of instruction and challenges and a countless number of scripture references related to seeking the one who first loved me. Out of this came an understanding of how to love, not only myself, but my husband, too.

I don't believe that there is a  magic fix for a broken marriage or recipe for a perfect one. This book doesn't claim to offer that. It offers so much more.


 



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4 comments:

Angela said...

Sounds like a great devotional!

Simply LKJ said...

Thanks for sharing Sybil!

Brittany SSP said...

Sounds like a great devotional, thanks for the review!

Kristine -Heart Shaped Sweat said...

What a wonderful review! This seems like an excellent book. I'm currently reading Love & Respect and have been overjoyed with its challenges for marriage and ones relationship with the Lord!