I am not a big reader. I remember growing up, and even still today, my Mom is such a big reader. She will pick up a book and not put it down until she's finished reading it. Yes, that means, she doesn't know what's going on around her. She gets so involved reading.
I never ever liked reading. I will pick up little 'one-a-day devotional' and read it for about a week, then forget about it. I have never enjoyed reading.
When we were leaving for the beach, for some reason, I wanted a book to read. So I have had this book for a while, but haven't made time to read it. 'Cracking the Communication CODE', by Emerson Eggerichs. It's book 2 of 'Love and Respect'. I didn't realize that when I got it. But you don't have to read Love and Respect to read the other.
To help you understand why I picked up this book let me give you a little insight to what has gone on for me in the past three years. M lost his job. He moved away for a year and a half. I got pregnant-by him, a miracle, I know. We moved in with my parents. I had C. Michael lost his job. We lost our house. M got a new job. We moved out to our own place-rental. M's job requires him to work shift work. Now, M's shift work has become night-shift work. I know, my life is not horrible, but in my little brain, sometimes it's hard to see where God is going with this. We have had a roller-coaster ride for a long time now. Therefore, our marriage is tough. I love M with all my heart and I know he loves me with all his heart. But things are tough. So to see what I can do to communicate better with my hubby, I wanted to check this book out. What would it hurt?
I started reading in on the way to FL, but I just could not get into it. The music was too good, not to sing along to, C was needing food, or drink, or someone to play with him. M was 'Chatty Kathy', you name it...I could not get into that book. So on the way home, we passed the $3 book store. I was in search for 'Love and Respect', thinking maybe I should read the books in order. I did not find that but I did find others. 'Spilt Milk'-devotions for moms (go figure), and 'L.O.V.E.', by: Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott.
'Spilt Milk', is a great little devotional, I have not read it everyday, but I have read it about two or three times a week.
I was bored with Eggerichs' book, (repetitive) so I started 'L.O.V.E.', I can't put it down. I am really enjoying this book. Yes, it's another 'self-help' book, but it talks about your love styles.
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First, it let's you decide what your love style is, whether you are project-oriented or people-oriented, then if you are fast-paced or slow-paced. From there you know what your love style is. Then it goes into detail about how you love and how your receive love. It's really been a great book so far. It's amazing how men and women hear things differently and how they react differently, too.
I never ever liked reading. I will pick up little 'one-a-day devotional' and read it for about a week, then forget about it. I have never enjoyed reading.
When we were leaving for the beach, for some reason, I wanted a book to read. So I have had this book for a while, but haven't made time to read it. 'Cracking the Communication CODE', by Emerson Eggerichs. It's book 2 of 'Love and Respect'. I didn't realize that when I got it. But you don't have to read Love and Respect to read the other.
To help you understand why I picked up this book let me give you a little insight to what has gone on for me in the past three years. M lost his job. He moved away for a year and a half. I got pregnant-by him, a miracle, I know. We moved in with my parents. I had C. Michael lost his job. We lost our house. M got a new job. We moved out to our own place-rental. M's job requires him to work shift work. Now, M's shift work has become night-shift work. I know, my life is not horrible, but in my little brain, sometimes it's hard to see where God is going with this. We have had a roller-coaster ride for a long time now. Therefore, our marriage is tough. I love M with all my heart and I know he loves me with all his heart. But things are tough. So to see what I can do to communicate better with my hubby, I wanted to check this book out. What would it hurt?
I started reading in on the way to FL, but I just could not get into it. The music was too good, not to sing along to, C was needing food, or drink, or someone to play with him. M was 'Chatty Kathy', you name it...I could not get into that book. So on the way home, we passed the $3 book store. I was in search for 'Love and Respect', thinking maybe I should read the books in order. I did not find that but I did find others. 'Spilt Milk'-devotions for moms (go figure), and 'L.O.V.E.', by: Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott.
'Spilt Milk', is a great little devotional, I have not read it everyday, but I have read it about two or three times a week.
I was bored with Eggerichs' book, (repetitive) so I started 'L.O.V.E.', I can't put it down. I am really enjoying this book. Yes, it's another 'self-help' book, but it talks about your love styles.
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First, it let's you decide what your love style is, whether you are project-oriented or people-oriented, then if you are fast-paced or slow-paced. From there you know what your love style is. Then it goes into detail about how you love and how your receive love. It's really been a great book so far. It's amazing how men and women hear things differently and how they react differently, too.
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