A Writer's Review of Making Marriage Beautiful by Dorothy Greco

Book info

What makes a marriage beautiful? Honesty? Compatibility? Physical and emotional intimacy? All of these are important, but there's one component that determines the quality and longevity of a marriage more than anything else: a willingness to grow.Because a wedding joins together two imperfect people, all couples experience disappointment, conflict, and pain. How husbands and wives respond to these challenges determines the kind of people they will become and the kind of marriage they will have. Making Marriage Beautiful reveals how the pursuit of Christ results in profound transformation for both the individual and the marriage. Rather than offering clichés and formulas, Greco relies on candor, humor, and real life stories to bring encouragement and wisdom to all couples, regardless of whether they have been married four weeks or forty years.  Learn more and purchase a copy.                                My Review.                               Marriage is sometimes a messy thing. Especially when babies (finally, I might add) come along. Especially when your little family makes a move away from easy suburban life to live in a really old fixer upper in the middle of the country. Especially when the mommy is an author who wants to write... but can't. Especially when the mommy has ADD. Let all this happen in the spanse of 12 months and it's one whopper of a YEAR-11. So, I signed up for this book. Me, who used to actually mentor young engaged couples on preparing for marriage. But let's face it--being married for the first five years was somehow easier than being married for the last six. I'm not sure why, but it's just how it's been for us. I've known other very-long-married couples tell of having the worst years as their first, so I guess it's different for everyone. Yeah, I signed up for a marriage book. Not that my marriage is bad, I just thought maybe I could use a little perspective now that we've been married for almost 12 years. To get down to it, this was an interesting book to read. I liked that it wasn't only fr M her perspective, but that she involved her husband a lot of the time. I believe it had good things to say in an encouraging way and that it was filled with good reminders for couples who might have become distanced because of busy-ness and life changes.                                        Author info.                                    Dorothy Greco and her husband, Christopher, have spent their entire twenty-five-year marriage helping men and women create and sustain healthy marriages. They have served numerous churches in the Greater Boston area for thirty years. Dorothy's writing has been featured in "Relevant Magazine," "Christianity Today," "Sojourners," and "Her.meneutics." She is a regular contributor for "Gifted for Leadership," "Today's Christian Woman," and "Start Marriage Right."