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What's It Like To Be Married To Me? (Library Edition): And Other Dangerous Questions (2011)

by Linda Dillow(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1609812557 (ISBN13: 9781609812553)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Oasis Audio

review 1: My favorite bit of advice from this book came from a chapter about the toll complaining can take on a marriage. Take captive gripes and a complaining spirit by wearing a bracelet that you switch to the other arm each time you catch yourself complaining, and PRAY the Lord will help change your attitude. It sounds cheesy, I know, but something so small can change so much. The Holy Spirit is working on me as I practice this! I am glad I read this book and recommend it.
review 2: Two good friends of mine are leading a book discussion/bible study right now with this book and the title was so intriguing that I thought I'd give it a shot as well (plus one of those friends told me I should read it). I think it takes a brave heart and a *smidge* of humility to ask the ... morequestion, "What's it like to be married to me?" I think we are all just enough self-deceived to think that being married to us is fantastic and we aren't the problem, it's our spouse. :) Fortunately I got over that particular self-deception a long time ago. If you've known me for a decent amount of time then you've probably heard me say "once or twice", "Poor Lanny...having to live with me" and I mean it, I'm not being self-deprecating. I wish I could ask my hub what his honest answer to this question would be but I already know he's not going to give an honest answer. So I've decided to ask God the question and I trust he will show me.Linda Dillow has written several books for women and actually lives right "up the road" from me here in Colorado. She has a beautiful heart for the Lord and for women. This book, she makes very clear, isn't about anyone but *you*. Meaning it isn't a book on how to get your husband to change but rather it's a book to get you thinking and for you to change. I like the premise and promise of the book a lot, the execution I personally found a little disappointing/lacking. It ended being a lot of the "same old, same old" when it comes to books for women of faith written by women of faith. It felt, in some ways, disingenuous to me and by that I mean there wasn't an acknowledgment of the realities of faith, past baggage, and two sinners being married to one another. While Dillow did include examples of women who were walking through really hard things with their husbands it all felt too "clean" and life isn't clean, it's messy - even life with God. There were some brief moments of reality within the christian bubble presented. Perhaps I feel this way after recently reading some nitty gritty books (also written by believers but definitely outside of the bubble) about marriage and self that presented a much more realistic take on things of this nature. There were some moments in the book that did give me pause, in a good way, and have me thinking hard about certain areas of my marriage and my contribution through my choices and behaviors. Again, this takes bravery and humility. But when all is said and done, I find myself preferring and thinking more about the other books I have read recently about marriage/relationships/self. less

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