I Married You

The only book on marriage I have read that I thought worth keeping and periodically re-reading. It is told as a (true) story of a marriage counseling couple helping people with marriage or marriage-like problems - a man looking for a woman to marry, an unmarried woman feeling trapped in a relationship, a pastor's wife feeling neglected because her husband puts church members' needs ahead of his family's needs. This is the only book I have read about marriage that considers single people not merely as "not-yet-married" but as complete people in their own right. Singleness, then, is as wholesome a choice as marriage. Marriage, then, is the uniting of two already complete people, who together create something new - regardless of whether or not children result. His explanation of how the Bible's statement that two people leave their parents, cleave to each other, and become one flesh is a picture of Jesus's relationship to each of us, is awesome, and goes way beyond anything I have heard preached elsewhere on marriage as an image of God.

This is one of those books that I just couldn't put down. A friend told me about I MARRIED YOU, and her recommendation was right on target. This is a spell-binding tale of a pastor/teacher/counselor's brief trip to Africa and the couples he meets and works with. My wife is not a big reader, but I passed I MARRIED YOU on to her, which she also enjoyed.

The value of marraige is not only defined but explained through this insightful journey that opens your eyes to the real meaning of marraige. Every couple, make that anyone... of any race or culture, who is thinking of getting married should read this. This book is very easy to read, easy to understand, and very hard to put down. May it have the same positive effect on you and your life that it has had in mine.: )

This is one of the best books I have read on how the Biblical view of marriage and family fits into culture- any culture. Since, this is based in Africa you would think that it the contents would be very territorial, but it transcends that. I would recommend this book especially to people living in cultures foreign to their own as well as those who have questions about how Biblical principles (which are very ancient) apply in this present day.

This book was recommended to me while I was engaged to my wife. It is an awsome book. Mr. Trobisch cast a very clear and poignant perspective to the relationship of marriage. A perspective only God could give. This book should be required reading for all high school and college students who have thoughts, questions, or ideas about marriage and also required for all of us who are now married. I plan on having this classic in my household for all of my children to read.