The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller

Having read some earlier books by Timothy Keller I was interested to read his next book. In this book Tim Keller writes about marriage and it's relationship to the love between Jesus and us. That is eternal, forgiving love.

Keller touches many points in this book but what he talks about consistently is that the love and passion felt at the beginning of a marriage, at the beginning of a relationship is not sustainable. We all know that. Most of us do not like it. Keller advises us that often in a marriage you wake up and say who is this person I am with. What has happened? They have gotten older. They have developed new interests. They have gained weight, gotten sick, changed careers or changed priorities. Keller tells us that for those of us who state we are bored with our spouses and want somebody new all we need to do is hold and in wait. People change, our spouses change.

Keller tells us that we need to act in a loving way. Even when we do not feel love. This is the hard part.

This is a good book. Several phrases and sections were strongly redeemable to most marriages. I found myself offering quotes to my wife. We have a strong marriage and I told her that we should feel good in that much of what I read in this book should make us feel good and positive about our marriage.

Well worth reading.