Your Marriage Today...And Tomorrow by Crawford and Karen Loritts

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Your Marriage Today. . .And Tomorrow: Making Your Relationship Matter Now and for Generations to…

Making your relationship matter now and for generations to come

Married for 47 years, Crawford and Karen know a thing or two about marriage. Coming from very opposite backgrounds, even encouraged not to get married because of that, yet they chose to base their relationship on Jesus Christ and overcome the status quo and having a thriving marriage. Looking at them, they didn't have the best examples. Out of Crawford and Karen's parents, one was unknown for much of their lives, one had a strong marriage history and the other two had single parenting and divorce for their record.

The number one emphasis in this book is having a solid relationship with Jesus Christ. That needs to be first and foremost for a marriage to thrive, for a person to thrive. Then the marriage needs to come next. It's not a book about a perfect marriage, it's a book about being real and working through the hard stuff, facing conflict head on and finding a solution to it.

It's a simple easy to read book with a lot of good points. They have two chapters on gifts: gifts a husband can give his wife (unconditional love, understanding, provision, protection, trust and leadership) and gives a wife can give her husband (respect, support, encouragement, loyalty and confidentiality). I really liked this reminder again.

While I don't put this book at super life-changing for me, the one thing that this book has that I don't remember seeing in any other marriage book I have read is the "Tomorrow" section of the title. Crawford and Karen put a strong emphasis on leaving a legacy for you children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to follow. Providing a good example of marriage that your children can then emulate, keeping that in mind as you build your own home, these were not things you hear very often, but I believe it is true. How we build our home, our marriage does affect the next generation and so let's be intentional about it. I really appreciated that emphasis on it.

I received this book from Moody Publishers and was not required to write a positive review.

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