Created to Be His Help Meet: Discover how God Can Make Your Marriage Glorious
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Genre: Christian Books & Bibles
Book Type: Paperback
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Genre: Christian Books & Bibles
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3
This book was an interesting read but it was peppered with some questionable perspectives and Bible quotes/interpretations. I do believe it gave me a better understanding on how to be a better help meet and how to try and please my husband in the role that I was created to fulfill. However, I do feel that this book lacks majorly in some areas.
I do have experience in the fact that I am a christian woman who follows pretty stict biblical tradions, whom had serious marital issues early on. By the grace of God, my marriage is absolutely wonderful now. I do agree that love, submissiveness, gentleness, kindness, meekness, etc... will get the job done, even when your husband is acting like a school-aged, immature boy. Ask me how I know.
Love wins them over. It takes two people to fight therefore, if you are "killing them with kindness" and loving them anyway while not fighting back they have nothing to argue with.
During my own marriage, while seeking help through our minsiter's wife, the same things kept coming up...be kind, love him, be longsuffering, pray, read your bible. All of this is in God's word. His word never fails. The answers can be found in God's word and they will never steer you wrong. The same things are true today as they were 2000 years ago. He never changes and his word never changes. I say seek him there and always reference the Bible to get the correct meanings and answers when reading christian books. Often times, you will find that the quotes have the essence of what is written in the Bible but it is often used in another context. Don't just rely on man/woman for all of the answers.
Overall, I did enjoy the book. I am only 28 years old but I am a bit old fashioned in my thinking (I believe just as the Bible tells me) and I do believe in tradional roles. The majority of the world does not believe the same way and will be completely offended by this book. I believe my marriage will be better after reading this because I will be more aware of the ways that I can "go the extra mile" to become a better help meet to my husband. I thought that this would be a book that I could recommend to others when I fist started reading it but, I will not be recommending this book after reading more.... It does have some very valid points but it also has some questionable things that could very well confuse someone who is not secure in their faith and beliefs.
I do have experience in the fact that I am a christian woman who follows pretty stict biblical tradions, whom had serious marital issues early on. By the grace of God, my marriage is absolutely wonderful now. I do agree that love, submissiveness, gentleness, kindness, meekness, etc... will get the job done, even when your husband is acting like a school-aged, immature boy. Ask me how I know.
Love wins them over. It takes two people to fight therefore, if you are "killing them with kindness" and loving them anyway while not fighting back they have nothing to argue with.
During my own marriage, while seeking help through our minsiter's wife, the same things kept coming up...be kind, love him, be longsuffering, pray, read your bible. All of this is in God's word. His word never fails. The answers can be found in God's word and they will never steer you wrong. The same things are true today as they were 2000 years ago. He never changes and his word never changes. I say seek him there and always reference the Bible to get the correct meanings and answers when reading christian books. Often times, you will find that the quotes have the essence of what is written in the Bible but it is often used in another context. Don't just rely on man/woman for all of the answers.
Overall, I did enjoy the book. I am only 28 years old but I am a bit old fashioned in my thinking (I believe just as the Bible tells me) and I do believe in tradional roles. The majority of the world does not believe the same way and will be completely offended by this book. I believe my marriage will be better after reading this because I will be more aware of the ways that I can "go the extra mile" to become a better help meet to my husband. I thought that this would be a book that I could recommend to others when I fist started reading it but, I will not be recommending this book after reading more.... It does have some very valid points but it also has some questionable things that could very well confuse someone who is not secure in their faith and beliefs.
