TITLE: I Choose You Today: 31 Choices to Make Love Last
AUTHOR: Deb DeArmond
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press
PAGES: 208 Pages
RELEASE DATE: March 5, 2015
Married for nearly 38 years, author Deborah DeArmond and her husband have made the spoken declaration, “I choose you today†a regular part of their communication. It’s when we least feel like saying it that we need to remind ourselves that love is a choice, not a feeling. I Choose You Today features 31 scriptural principles that support marriage and help couples develop healthy biblically based behavior.
Built on an introductory anecdotal story, each chapter has an inspirational takeaway of not only what to do, but how to begin applying the principles immediately. Thought provoking questions create talking points for couples to explore their own choices and experiences in each area serve to generate open dialogue of discovery. I Choose You Today is not a book of “shoulds,” but one of clearly identified choices that each individual can make to grow their marriage and align it with the word of God. Every saying ends with a conventional wisdom quote.
In many ways, I have been wanting to read a book like “I Choose You Today: 31 Choices to Make Love Last”.
For its advice for one to apply the relationship principles and incorporate it to their onw lives but also challenging the reader to bring out more thought of why you value your relationship and your significant other.
But I also love how the book incorporates various quotes from the film but also scripture from the Bible.
For me, I needed this book because I felt that my life has been so preoccupied with work. Having had a business and trying to grow it, I know I sacrificed a lot in my relationship with my wife to focus on building relationships with clients. It started out as a temporary thing but once things were going well, and the economy started to go South, I was back to survival mode with trying to re-build the business in difficult financial times and deep in my heart, looking back at those years, I wish I had a book such as this to help put things in perspective.
Unfortunately, in today’s day and age, there are many who neglect their significant other because of work, habits, life-changes, technology, etc.
One who has had troubled marriages or relationships can pick up “I Choose You Today: 31 Choices to Make Love Last” and help guide them to not quitting on a relationship, a marriage by reading other examples in this book. Some, who value their significant others, those who haven’t and want to beg forgiveness and if it should be accepted, to work on trust, loyalty, to adapt, to love and more.
But this book does put things into perspective and it’s correct. Loving your spouse is an everyday commitment but are you renewing it daily?
In many ways, Deb DeArmond’s book was inspiring, but like a bolt of energy that makes me want to be a better man, husband and father because of what I read from her book. But it’s about one making the necessary steps to make it happen and if you know in your heart that the questions she poses needs work on your part, then you need to work at it, if you want to make your marriage or relationship last.
I’m very pleased with this book and I thank Deb DeArmond for inspiring me and many other people with this well-written book!
Recommended!