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I have a 40 min to hour drive to and from work five days a week. I decided to start listening to books that I get from the Library to make the time go by quicker. I have been listening to "Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of ". To say that I LOVED this book is an understatement, it has been one of the best books I have ever read! Maybe because of where I am in my life but I truly have been encouraged, given hope, and received lots of Godly advice about marriage from this book. I will share more about what I have been learning but here are some things from the book that I really loved about marriage.

"Marriage is fabulously hard. Everybody who has been married knows this. Though years into marriage it still catches us off guard, all of us. And newly married couples, when they discover how hard it is, they seem genuinely surprised. Shocked, and disheartened, by the fact. Are we doing something wrong? Did I marry the right person?......Of course marriage is hard. For heaven's sake, bring  together a man and a woman-two creatures who think, act, and feel so differently you would think they'd come from separate solar systems--and ask them to get along for the rest of their lives under the same roof."

"God gave us each to each other because we need someone to watch our back. We need someone to pick us up when we fall."

"...you are the human being who plays the most significant role in your spouse's life. It is not your spouse's mother or father. It is not your spouse's favorite teacher, author, or pastor. It is you."

" The first big shock we receive in marriage is that it is hard. The second great shock usually follows hard on the heels of the first--that we are, both of us, a royal mess."

" God knows who you are going to marry. When you do marry that person, your spouse becomes the one person you were supposed to marry...it really is true "that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose {Romans 8:28}"--Many people questions why they married someone all the time, I think this is a great statement to tell them.

I can't wait to share more. I will be recommending this book to all my friends. It has given me great wisdom on how to talk to others about marriage and also what I would want Kyle and I's marriage to become :) Lord thanks for allowing me to soak up your wisdom!

Happy 8 months babe!