Summary of Leslie Vernick's The Emotionally Destructive Marriage

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Marriages are in dire straits all over the world. Christian marriages are no exception. You may feel as if you are in a D-minus marriage, and have no idea what to do. I have help for you.
#2 Anna’s marriage is not destructive, but it is disappointing and painful for her. She’s not sure how to continue or even if she wants to. Yet she knows to end her marriage for these reasons would crush Mark and her children, as well as dishonor her vows to God and her husband.
#3 It is impossible to love your husband in a warm and wifely way right now, but God still wants you to love him, even if he feels like your enemy. Biblically loving your husband doesn’t require you to prop him up in order to enable him to continue to hurt you.
#4 The author’s wife, Anna, is not in a destructive marriage, but she is in a disappointing one. Anna’s unhappiness is like a sore in her soul that she must tend to if she wants it to heal. If she continues to pick at it, it will become inflamed and affect her marriage and her entire life.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Living
• Love and Marriage

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 24 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669359548
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Leslie Vernick's The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
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#1

Marriages are in dire straits all over the world. Christian marriages are no exception. You may feel as if you are in a D-minus marriage, and have no idea what to do. I have help for you.

#2

Anna’s marriage is not destructive, but it is disappointing and painful for her. She’s not sure how to continue or even if she wants to. Yet she knows to end her marriage for these reasons would crush Mark and her children, as well as dishonor her vows to God and her husband.

#3

It is impossible to love your husband in a warm and wifely way right now, but God still wants you to love him, even if he feels like your enemy. Biblically loving your husband doesn’t require you to prop him up in order to enable him to continue to hurt you.

#4

The author’s wife, Anna, is not in a destructive marriage, but she is in a disappointing one. Anna’s unhappiness is like a sore in her soul that she must tend to if she wants it to heal. If she continues to pick at it, it will become inflamed and affect her marriage and her entire life.

#5

Emotional abuse is when someone systematically degrades, diminishes, and can eventually destroy the personhood of the abused. It is usually more painful and traumatic than physical abuse.

#6

Every marriage has the potential to become destructive because we are all naturally selfish and prideful. Every couple experiences some frustrations, hurts, unfulfilled expectations, and unhappiness throughout their relationship. How we respond to those disappointments can mature us or destroy us.

#7

When it comes to destructive marriages, it can be difficult for women to see something clearly enough to put it into words. But when you’re around your husband, your body tells you something’s wrong.

#8

If you want to change an unhappy or destructive marriage, you must start by naming what you see correctly. This will help you see the problems more clearly.

#9

My spouse calls me names, mocks and belittles me, tells me no one else would ever want me, and pressures me to do things I don’t want to do.

#10

If you answered more than two questions with Often, your marriage may become or is becoming destructive. If you answered Often for more than five questions, it is definitely destructive.

#11

An emotionally destructive marriage is one where one’s personhood, dignity, and freedom of choice is regularly denied, criticized, or crushed. This can be done through words, behaviors, economics, attitudes, and misusing the Scriptures.

#12

If you want to get out of a bad situation, you must first recognize where you are and where you need to go. Only then can you take the first step toward change.