Encouraging Words Wednesday

Good morning friends!

Today is Encouraging Words Wednesday and again this week I want to talk about marriage.

Wayne and I have worked hard to have a great marriage.

Over the last few weeks I’ve talked about several priorities for a healthy marriage………

Putting Christ First, Celebrating your Differences,

and last week I talked about how Laughter is an important part of our marriage.

Today I wanted to share with you two books that Wayne and I have read

and recommend to other couples.

Both of these books have helped our marriage.

The first one is “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman

This book but was an eye opener for both of us!

We started to understand each other better and we’re now able to love each other better.

If you and your spouse haven’t read this I would highly recommend it.

The second book is “Love & Respect”

This book is amazing! The bottom line is this: Men need respect and Women need Love.

It’s that simple and yet most of us struggle with it.

Wayne needs me to respect him.

How do I do this?

I trust him and I support him in decisions he makes for our family.

I need Wayne to love me and I need him to tell me and show me he loves me often.

It’s a great book!

Today more than ever we need to protect our marriages.

God designed marriage and his desire is for us to enjoy our marriages.

Linking to:  Women Living Well and Titus 2sday

Walking in His Grace,

 

Now it’s time for Encouraging Words Wednesday Linky Party!

We all need a little encouragement so if you have a post on

marriage, parenting, faith, or anything that will encourage us then join in!

All you have to do is enter the direct link from your post into the linky tool below!

Please add a link back to my blog in your post so others can join in,

and be courteous and visit some other blogs and leave them some comment love.

 

 

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  1. Hey Cyndi,
    Shaun and I just finished “The 5 Love Languages!”
    We both loved learning about ourselves and each other!
    We are playing the ‘tank’ game right now, and it
    is great to remind us to appreciate our love.
    I will have to pick up the second book for us soon!
    We want to begin our marriage on a realistic and
    healthy foot!

    Thanks! Love you,
    Kelly

  2. Cyndi, thanks so much for giving us the opportunity to share Christian encouragement with one another each week! I linked up my “Soul Sanitizer” devo today. I love to visit your blog as it never fails to inform and inspire – thanks!

  3. The book looks really interesting. I have been divorced for 3 1/2 years. In my opinion, just what I know from my experience, trust is so important. My ex turned out to be someone completely different than I thought. There were so many lies there was no way to fix it. He has now lost his relationship with his kids over dishonesty with them, nothing to do with me and him but things he has done directly to them. Right after the loss of trust is the loss of respect. I think men think it is earlier to lie than rock the boat, but it does so much damage that can’t be fixed. If a man and woman are committed to each other they have such a head start on making it work!