Love and Respect

I was given a complimentary copy of this book by Thomas Nelson/BookSneeze company to review for them.  The book is Love and Respect for a Lifetime by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, 151 pages hardback book.

There are lots of books that tell men they should love their wives, and a few that deal with the issue of a woman's respect for a man.  For every chapter on respect, there is a chapter on love. For every comment on respect, there is a comment on love.
Dr. Eggerichs talks a lot about spouses being people of good will. When a husband and wife are both people of good will, there is no desire to be hurtful.  The concept of unconditional respect is new for women to think about. Not that women will necessarily be opposed to respecting their husbands, just that it has not often been talked about.

This is an area that simply must be looked at. I believe women who felt the book is unbalanced simply did not like having to read the message of respect. After hearing about it once or twice, perhaps they wanted to move on into "what's wrong with HIM."

The bottom line is Dr. Eggerichs has found a simple and elegant concept that can make a huge difference in relationships. I recommend the book very highly to couples who are both willing to learn how they are contributing to the cycle of dysfunction in their marriage.

Women who don't like the respect thing can actually try it out for a few weeks and see if it doesn't make a huge difference in the love they are getting from their husbands. Husbands who think the way to get respect from a woman is to withhold love from her need to try a few weeks of unconditional love and see what happens. We're not talking about something that can't be tested. And if you test it, and it works in your life and in your relationship, then who cares what is written here or in any other review?