If you're a faithful PreEngaged reader, you will have noticed that I've been doing a lot of reading and book reviews lately! I'll probably take a little break from hitting the books as hard for a short while, but I am glad I ended my whirlwind book tour with Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts by Les and Leslie Parrott. Though it seems like any couple who shares the same first name would have an easy time transitioning from courtship to marriage, like the rest of us, Les and Leslie had their share of growing pains. Thankfully, they have taken the benefit of their newlywed mistakes, paired … [Read more...]
A Forever Kind of Love… Romance That’s More than a Feeling (Book Review, When God Writes Your Love Story, Part 3)
We all want the kind of love that lasts forever, but some of us are so disheartened by our culture’s here today, gone tomorrow style of love that we simply expect love to be temporary. In fact, I remember working with a friend of mine years ago who was still waiting for Mr. Right to come along, and she said, “I thought I’d be married and divorced by now!” Have you ever attended a wedding that left you with little hope for a happily ever after? Have you ever made bets with others on how long some marriages would last? What’s normal today was completely scandalous a century ago, but it’s not … [Read more...]
Faithfulness Before Marriage – Ridiculous or Remarkable? (Book Review, When God Writes Your Love Story, Part 2)
We all know that marital faithfulness is expected after marriage. We have all heard details of messy divorces and heartbroken romances at the hands of marital unfaithfulness. The world's mentality is to have all the fun a person wants before marriage and settle down only after that person has sown his or her wild oats and slept around. “Oh, and for goodness sake… don't get married before knowing if your future spouse is good in bed!” Wow. Such a mentality is so completely backwards from the way God created the marriage relationship. How His heart must break as He watches so many people walk … [Read more...]
Are You Ready to Give God the Pen? (Book Review, When God Writes Your Love Story, Part 1)
Those of you who know me are keenly aware of the fact that reading is not my number one hobby. In fact, if there was a ten hour documentary on the life and legacy of the world's first cheese maker, I would rather watch that than read a hundred page book about him. Perhaps that's an exaggeration, but suffice it to say that reading is not my first passion in life. With that being said, I've read When God Writes Your Love Story twice! And both times were after I was married! Eric and Leslie My first exposure to Eric and Leslie Ludy was when I was a young teen. During those rollercoaster years, … [Read more...]
Waffles and Spaghetti in Conflict (Book Review, Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti, Part 3)
We live in a day and age when we can find a book, blog, or YouTube video to help us with almost any problem. It's amazing how many tools are available to boost the chances of marital success. Interestingly, there is also more divorce now than there was before all the help was available. Our culture has taken a definite turn for the worse in regards to commitment and simply sticking it out when the going gets tough. In our grandparents' day, a person got a job with a company, kept it for more than thirty years, retired, and the company took care of him or her with a pension. This wasn't … [Read more...]
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