When God Writes Your Love Story

Love...a word many girls dream of. Guys too of course, but how many of them would like to admit it? At any rate a friend of mine let me borrow this book (that she borrowed from another friend) and I found it quite helpful and full of good advice. Written by Eric and Leslie Ludy, When God Writes Your Love Story explains that we need to surrender the 'pen' to God who is the Great author. The book is made up of five sections...

1. Desiring a love story: this section explains why we need to surrender every aspect of our lives to God and allow Him to be the "captain" of our "love boat". We need to drop our egos and be humble, seeking God's will for our lives. We also need to steer clear of the 'status quo' and let God give us His best, not try to find someone for ourselves who is not up to God's standards!

2. Preparing for a love story: this section explains that having a successful love life does not begin when a relationship is started but rather with the purity and practice of respect that occurs before. The best way to show love to your future partner is to speak with God about them, keep yourself pure, and develop your inward excellence so that when they meet you they will be attracted to your true beauty rather than pursue an outward shallow relationship.

3. Waiting for a love story: Perhaps you've been here many times...this section deals with being faithful before you are ever in a relationship; meaning that you faithfully wait for the right person to come along not just date around because you are desparate for a relationship. Keep your standards high, in par with God's and though you will need to be patient, possible never getting married, you will be doing what God's will is. God wants what is best for you, and has everything planned out so we don't need to worry.

4. Sweetening a love story: this section deals with ways to create a successful love story...picking some team members who can give you advice and an outside perspective so things don't go too far too fast, and so that you have someone to encourage you in your relationship. God designed our families to support us, give us advice, and sometimes to chastise us...but to be with us. Don't be embarrassed of your family; keep them involved in your love life as well!

5. Discovering a God-written love story: this section deals withthings such as loss of virginity before marriage and teh grace that God gives us (though we should not abuse it). We need to lean on God through everything and trust in Hiis forgiveness, confessing all our sins to Him. The Ludys also encourage our generation to have backbone and stand up for purity and God's truth rather than exchanging the truth of God for a lie to stand firm, and bring others with us! The final chapter is an epilogue called "after I do" that explains that marriage is not always what we dream it to be, but even so to have a beautiful marriage we need to let God keep the pen. He writes what He has planned, and only when we surrendered everything to Him can we be content with what we have.

Whether you are in a relationship or wish you were in a relationship I reccommmend this book! The Bible Passages that the Ludys use to illustrate their points show how foundational the Bible is to our relationships, and every other aspect of our lives. After reading When God Writes Your Love Story I'm sure you will have a fresh and Godly perspective on relationships, and how to prepare for them/have them.