What Would You Put in the Book?
I am a little more than 1/3rd of the way through writing Date Your Wife. Many of you must be praying for this project because the writing is going great. It’s hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun. I only grow more passionate about the message of this book with each chapter I write. Please keep praying for me as I write. The completed manuscript is due to Crossway in 10 weeks.
As I move forward in my writing I want to know what you want to see in a book like this.
MEN/HUSBANDS, what do you want to gain from reading a book like this? What would you want to learn?
WOMEN/WIVES, what would you put in this book? What do you want men to read about in this book?
Keeping romance alive in the midst of the demands or work, family, and the world.
I’d be interested particularly in strategies to make your wife feel special – while still on a tight budget.
with our first baby on the way, how can we keep the dating fires alive this first year? also, how can dating our wives serve as model of discipleship for our children when they eventually are “datable”?
Talk about love’s metamorphosis from “in love” to loving through adversity. Love evolves, but gets better as it does.
I would appreciate helpful ideas for dates when you have two small children, a busy schedule, and a very limited income.
I would be curious to see exposition of relevant scripture from Song of Solomon and apply it to dating.
Pastor Buzzard,
I recommend that you take a look at Dr. Arthur “Skip” Moen’s latest book where he develops the biblical idea/role of a woman as the ‘ezer kenegdo or “suitable helper”(Genesis 2:18).
In my view, being married 48 years, it would be very hard to make a marriage work as God intended it to work without some real understanding of the biblically based idea of the ‘ezer kenegdo.
Blessings,
ronf
How to avoid the roommate syndrome with your wife.
I would like men to know that as popular the mindset of maintaining independence as a woman is (whether married or not), godly women recognize that they will/want to respect and willingly follow the guy who confidently leads in love. I’ve noticed guys who get too comfortable in their relationship and end up becoming lazy in leading their wife or even girlfriend. Girls love being led and if men want to ‘Date’ their wives, continuing to make decisions outside of “whatever you want” might keep the romance fresh and makes the woman feel loved and not just like ‘old news’. :) It would be nice to see your input and advise on that subject in an understandable way for men to see how it directly affects women. Thank you.
I would like to see how you can expound on the following expositoring questions on if God gave me my wife as a gift how do you answer the following three questions.
We must view God’s gifts…
1. Theistically – May we enjoy every gift as from God, not as a god.
2. Doxologically – May God’s gifts be the cause of magnifying His glory.
3. Missionally – May God’s gifts be employed to maximize the number of people who worship God.
In my opinion it is the first Commandment of the Bible and that is to be fruitful and multiply. He gives us gifts to give back to Him. ;-) God Bless!
Put it in there as a focus of marriage to the Glory of God. Malachi 2:15
God Bless Now!
Dude, include ways for me to practice doing it as I read, since I will be spending time away from my wife reading it. :-)
I want to see how easy it is to date my wife.
I want to see how challenging it can be to make a priority, but also why it should be.
I want to make sure that I understand why it’s important to “date” my wife.
Also, make it cheap. ;-)
Can you tackle “relational drift,” and the best ways to re-kindle that initial spark of romance in ways that matter to both men and women? Sometimes it seems as though books on romance are published to expose the less emotional gender as being dead wrong in thinking and behavior.
“ideas for dates when one of your children is mentally disabled, and you have a busy schedule, and a limited income, and…”