Love and Respect

I'm reading the book, "Love and Respect," by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, and it is somewhat of an answer to prayer. I had heard of the book, but never read it-mostly because I wasn't married; on September 29, 2007, that changed and so did my need to really understand how to be a good husband. Which is a completely new dimension of my life that, although I'm a Pastor and Christian, I was utterly unprepared for. Here are some key thoughts that I needed to remind myself of: "We easily see what is done to us before we see what we are doing to our mate," "His love motivates her respect and her respect motivates his love." The author goes beyond the common themes of communication barriers and I feel pinpoints the cycle of conflict that my wife and I sometimes find ourselves in: "Without love she reacts without respect; without respect he reacts without love." I highly recommend this book to anyone. The foundational scripture the author uses for this book is Ephesians 5:33, "Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." I'm anxious to read through it with Shannon.