Unglued Devotional book review

I wanted to get this devotional book after reading the book Unglued by Lyse Terkeurst.  I was sent this devotional by Booksneeze so I could review it.  What an amazing devotional.  For the first time ever, I felt like someone was writing down my thoughts and struggles.  I thought I was the only one with these thoughts and to see them in writing was hard, but exciting at the same time.  I loved the way Lysa used her own struggles in this devotional, but then would have the perfect Bible verse to go with that struggle.  Each day the devotion is about a page in a half and includes Bible scripture, thought for the day ( which I've written down each day as a great reminder ) and a closing prayer.  The daily devotions were short but so effective.  I felt like it was the perfect length and Lysa did an amazing  job of giving just the right amount of guidance and suggestions to where I really felt like I could make progress without being overwhelmed.  I highly recommend this devotional if you want your emotions to work for you instead of against you.  I encourage you to do the 60 days of imperfect progress.  You won't regret it.

Love and Respect book review

I had the privilege to receive the book Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs from Booksneeze to review.  I have to say, I believe this book changed my marriage.  My husband and I read this book together.  What the author talks about seems so simple.  A woman needs love and a man needs respect.  When my husband and I read this, we thought, "that's it, that's what is wrong!"  Emerson gives great details and stories about other couples and my husband and I kept saying, "yep, that's us." It was great to figure out what we had missing.  It was nice knowing it wasn't just us.  We were caught up in the "cycle" the author talks about.  So, from this book we were able to identify the problem.
So the book helped identify the problem, but I feel it failed to help get out of that "cycle".  It just went on and on about how a woman needs love and a man respect, but it didn't help give us ways to do that.  I feel this book was an easy read at the beginning, but felt unfulfilling at the end when I realized it doesn't necessarily help correct the problem or gives ways to do that.  I think this would be a great book to do at a marriage conference where you can have someone lead it and have a workbook or study guide to go along with it.  I think this book is a great start, but it definitely needs a follow up.  I do encourage every couple to read this book.  This book has made my husband and I aware of the "cycle" and made us realize what we have been missing for awhile.

Long time since I've blogged!

Okay!  I'm going to relaunch my blog.  There are too many things that is going by too fast and I want to make sure I remember it.
I'm hoping my blog inspires and helps people and am looking forward to looking back and remembering these precious years.  My kids loved looking at my older postings and I can't believe some of the things I forgot.
So, here's to my next adventure of blogging---again :)