Messy Beautiful Love
Hope and Redemption for Real-Life Marriages
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- Publisher: Nelson Books (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2014
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Publisher's Description
Messy Beautiful Love delivers an incredible testimony of grace that offers hope for today’s marriages and a spark for rekindling love. Love gets messy. Financial problems, sickness, aging parents, a chronically unhappy spouse... trials will inevitably come that threaten your marriage. No matter how long you’ve been married or how strong your relationship is, sooner or later you are going to have a mess to clean up. Messy Beautiful Love is about cleaning up messes God’s way, exchanging your ideas for His, and being prepared for both the best and the worst that marriage has to offer. When you surrender your relationship to God, then and only then will you experience the blessing of marriage as He intended. This is the blessing of obedience. Messy Beautiful Love is an invitation to that obedience. The cynical world says marriages don’t last, but God knows better. Tune out the world and tune in to Him. When you do that, a beautiful marriage is not only possible, it’s inevitable.
Endorsements (10)
“Most of us will agree that marriage can be messy at times. Even the strongest, most intentional ones. Darlene doesn’t dwell on the disarray we often selfishly create. Instead, she poignantly spurs us on to embrace hope in the ups and downs. She reminds us that when we shift our focus from ourselves to Jesus and His perfect work on the cross, our marriages can indeed be beautiful.”
“Marriage is . . . messy, beautiful love! The greatest message in this book is the amazing grace that can be experienced between a husband and wife, true love among the messes. Darlene’s marriage is inspiring and fills people with hope because it is a powerful testimony of God’s amazing grace.”
“It’s easy to be pulled in by the chorus (friends, media) of voices that say, ‘Marriage is hard and it will never get better,’ but Darlene challenges you to live beyond those messages and embrace a new mantra, ‘Marriage may be hard, but it can also be extraordinary.’ She challenges you to rise to God’s plan for your marriage, not sink into the mediocrity of the world’s expectations. Highly recommended.”
“Darlene writes with authenticity leading us to discover a life-changing truth: a beautiful marriage is not only possible, it’s inevitable when a wife is transformed by the wisdom of God. Thank you, Darlene, for a powerful and honest look at a God-centered marriage.”
“Obedience to God’s plan for each of our lives in marriage can get us through any bump we may encounter along the road of love and faith. I couldn’t help but ask myself ‘how many marriages might be saved if this book and its message were sincerely read and taken to heart?’”
“Marriage is messy. Appliances get broken. Sometimes promises do too. Clutter happens—both in our homes and our hearts. Soon our happily-ever-after turns into a ‘what was I thinking?’ Darlene’s honest and insightful look—at both our role and at God’s—will empower you and your spouse to carefully craft a marriage that truly glorifies Him.”
“Darlene writes in such a powerful and yet gentle way that I couldn’t help but be moved—and challenged—as she so effectively captures both the beauty and messiness of real love. Whether you’re newly married or have been married for many years, you will find Messy Beautiful Love an inspiring and compelling book to read again and again.”
“God took Darlene’s mess and made it beautiful. Now she’s calling other women to follow not her but Jesus as He helps us find peace, joy, and contentment—even in our own messes.”
“Messy Beautiful Love touches on real marital topics, which are meaningful and quite common, but are unfortunately often discarded. Darlene gives excellent biblical wisdom on how God can get the glory out of the seemingly impossible marriage.”
“Darlene weaves a story of mercy, putting others before ourselves, laying down the need to be right, and, above all, loving even when we don’t feel like it. It’s the gospel, really, wrapped up in a story about redeemed marriage. It’s how God loves us, and how He can help us love our spouses.”
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