{"id":4922,"date":"2012-02-14T08:08:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T13:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2012-02-14T08:08:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T13:08:38","slug":"book-review-real-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=4922","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Real Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?attachment_id=4923\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4923\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4923\" title=\"rm_book\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rm_book.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rm_book.png 300w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rm_book-171x300.png 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have heard a lot about <a href=\"http:\/\/pastormark.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark and Grace Driscoll&#8217;s<\/a> newest book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Real-Marriage-Truth-Friendship-Together\/dp\/140020383X\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Real Marriage<\/em><\/a> over the last several weeks.\u00a0 This book has rated as high as #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list as so many families are in crisis and are looking for help.\u00a0 Real Marriage is a very open and honest conversation with the Driscolls about some of the struggles they have faced in their own marriage and things they have encountered in counseling other Christian couples along the way.\u00a0 I especially appreciate the amount of Scripture that was used throughout the book&#8230;further demonstrating that God cares about relationships and wants to give us the desires of our heart.\u00a0 I would recommend this book as a great gift for newlyweds as well as those who have been married for many years.\u00a0 Real Marriage reminded me of all the reasons that I am so grateful to be married to my husband.\u00a0 He leads and loves me so well and it is a privilege to spend every day as his wife!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things that I highlighted while reading&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t fall into the religious trap of ignoring your own spiritual growth by always reading for others and not yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Behold, I make all things new.\u00a0 Revelation 21:5<\/li>\n<li>If I had understood the gospel more deeply, I would have known that repentance keeps shame from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.<\/li>\n<li>My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.\u00a0 2 Corinthians 12:9<\/li>\n<li>This is my beloved, And this is my friend.\u00a0 Song of Songs 5:16<\/li>\n<li>Marriage is about friendship.<\/li>\n<li>A man who has friends must himself be friendly.\u00a0 Proverbs 18:24<\/li>\n<li>Our enemy hates the fruitfulness that can come from a husband and wife serving God together.<\/li>\n<li>The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.\u00a0 Romans 5:5<\/li>\n<li>Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.\u00a0 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.\u00a0 But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.\u00a0 Ecclesiastes 4:9-10<\/li>\n<li>There is always a seemingly urgent need seeking to take my time, but breaking bad habits and ensuring that our family is my highest priority is essential.<\/li>\n<li>Let the wife see that she respects her husband.\u00a0 Ephesians 5:33<\/li>\n<li>A wife flourishes with a\u00a0 loving husband, and a husband becomes courageous with a respectful wife.<\/li>\n<li>Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another.\u00a0 James 5:16<\/li>\n<li>Sin is like trash, and every home has it too.\u00a0 Repentance and forgiveness are how a couple takes their trash out.<\/li>\n<li>Sin is the problem.\u00a0 The gospel of Jesus Christ is the answer.<\/li>\n<li>The Lord has show his favor and taken away my disgrace.\u00a0 Luke 1:25<\/li>\n<li>I steered clear of examining my own heart by staying busy with everyone else&#8217;s lives.<\/li>\n<li>Be a tender listener and a safe confidante.<\/li>\n<li>Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.\u00a0 Mark 10:43<\/li>\n<li>If we do not choose humility, God will choose humiliation for us.<\/li>\n<li>All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful.\u00a0 All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.\u00a0 1 Corinthians 6:12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze\u00ae.com &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/booksneeze%c2%ae.com\/\">http:\/\/BookSneeze\u00ae.com<\/a>&gt; book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s 16 CFR, Part 255 &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html\">http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html<\/a>&gt; : \u201cGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have heard a lot about Mark and Grace Driscoll&#8217;s newest book Real Marriage over the last several weeks.\u00a0 This book has rated as high as #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list as so many families are in crisis and are looking for help.\u00a0 Real Marriage is a very open and honest conversation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,16,28,17,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-family","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-marriage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}