I have been reading a book called "Did I kiss marriage goodbye", written by Carolyn McCulley.
This is one of the books that many will not pick up to read based on its' title. Or perhaps, some may be curious what the book has to tell based on its' title.
I am certainly in both situation before. A reason why I pick up the book to read is because it was part of a women's discipleship group that I am going to. So, I have to read it! I am definitely half-way through the book and it is a good book. It speaks boldly on some issues that I have a different opinions in the past and it made me aware of some issues that I never think it is important. You got to read this book to understand my reasons here.
I want to share two things from the book:
1) Noble character woman
Have you heard about Proverbs 31 woman. The book talks about what is means and how we can be a woman of noble character. It is not so much of high profile or noble status that many people would think it refers to in this 21st century. It is about being humble, gracious towards others and faithful to sow even in tears. I will not elaborate more on this because the book does a good job in explaning so why not read it!!
2) Guard your heart
Recently I heard from a radio station (one of my favourite Christian radio station) in US. It was a question-statement asked/made on the radio just before new year. I guess it is sort of a reflection on life for the year. The question-statement was "how many people get their hearts broken before they get wiser". I was pondering a while on that but the concept of guarding my heart never comes to my mind. After reading half-way through the book, things seem to make sense to me in terms of guarding my heart. I think it is important because every time I am heart broken, I just felt that I need to be wiser and not to get heart broken the next time round, but, I should be doing preventive measure. By this, I mean, guarding my heart. I am not saying that we should not date/go out with someone but we should be putting extra care in relationship. Our heart (oh well.. at least, my heart) is very fragile. I need to pray that I will guard my heart and that I will meet the right one :)
Though the book is written primarily for single women but there are things related to being a married person too. So, I encourage you to grab hold of this book & start reading. It is not certainly a magic book that after you read, you will find true love or a book that condemn you being single. It encourages you how and what to do to make use of this season of life; singleness.
This is one of the books that many will not pick up to read based on its' title. Or perhaps, some may be curious what the book has to tell based on its' title.
I am certainly in both situation before. A reason why I pick up the book to read is because it was part of a women's discipleship group that I am going to. So, I have to read it! I am definitely half-way through the book and it is a good book. It speaks boldly on some issues that I have a different opinions in the past and it made me aware of some issues that I never think it is important. You got to read this book to understand my reasons here.
I want to share two things from the book:
1) Noble character woman
Have you heard about Proverbs 31 woman. The book talks about what is means and how we can be a woman of noble character. It is not so much of high profile or noble status that many people would think it refers to in this 21st century. It is about being humble, gracious towards others and faithful to sow even in tears. I will not elaborate more on this because the book does a good job in explaning so why not read it!!
2) Guard your heart
Recently I heard from a radio station (one of my favourite Christian radio station) in US. It was a question-statement asked/made on the radio just before new year. I guess it is sort of a reflection on life for the year. The question-statement was "how many people get their hearts broken before they get wiser". I was pondering a while on that but the concept of guarding my heart never comes to my mind. After reading half-way through the book, things seem to make sense to me in terms of guarding my heart. I think it is important because every time I am heart broken, I just felt that I need to be wiser and not to get heart broken the next time round, but, I should be doing preventive measure. By this, I mean, guarding my heart. I am not saying that we should not date/go out with someone but we should be putting extra care in relationship. Our heart (oh well.. at least, my heart) is very fragile. I need to pray that I will guard my heart and that I will meet the right one :)
Though the book is written primarily for single women but there are things related to being a married person too. So, I encourage you to grab hold of this book & start reading. It is not certainly a magic book that after you read, you will find true love or a book that condemn you being single. It encourages you how and what to do to make use of this season of life; singleness.
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