“Love and Respect” is a compact table-top edition that touches on what Dr. Eggerichs calls the two deepest needs of a woman and man, respectively, in a marital relationship. The cover tag line succinctly notes the simplicity in these two needs, but also the complexity in achieving them. A wife needs constant affirmation and love from her husband, and her husband needs to know the confidence, respect, and trust that only a wife can give him. The premise of the book is that when these two characteristics are present in a marriage, it has opportunity to flourish and deepen.
It appears this book is a summarized version of the full edition of “Love and Respect”. One could read through several pages or a section of it and come away with some great wisdom and encouragements to help couples focus on each other’s needs. I found some statements to be redundant throughout the book, but this could be simply to reinforce the message every way possible. The challenge with this is to not be so repetitive that you lose the impact and attention of the reader. One aspect of the book’s readability I found to be a negative after a while was each page shifting in background color, font, font size, and contrast. The lack of design cohesiveness was distracting after reading more than a few pages. Stripes contrasted to floral grunge elements, etc. Despite these elements however, there is solid Biblical wisdom for marriages here, and anyone who takes to heart just a few of these principles would be better equipped to meet their spouse’s needs. Without having read the full book, I would envision being more willing to recommend the hopeful full in-depth treatment that this edition would seem to echo.
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