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Marriage Is Like Dancing |
Author: Richard C. Eyer
Published: 2007-06 |
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 An Excellent metaphor for Marriage
When I was reading this book on the airplane recently, it caught the eye of several people. Author Richard Eyer chooses an intriguing metaphor to illustrate the godly estate of marriage, namely ballroom dancing. While I'm not much of a dancer myself, you don't have to be one to appreciate this book. Eyer illustrates how God has designed marriage, and how the roles of the husband and wife can work together to make marriage into a beautiful picture of love.
Relating the dancing metaphor to biblical passages on the submission and love of the husband and wife for each other, he talks about the importance of a husband leading properly, and the wife following. And yet while the husband leads and the wife follows, the dance of marriage presents the wife as the focus and beauty of the relationship. He talks about how many problems in marriage can be traced to the improper leading of the husband, and also how some times in life may require the wife to lead for a few steps until the leadership of her husband can be returned.
There is also an excellent chapter on aging gracefully in marriage and dealing with the circumstances that may arise later in life, like responsibility for aging parents. One of the features of the book that made it particularly winsome, was the afterword by Eyer's wife, where she affirms the blessing it has been for their marriage to follow the biblical pattern. Overall, the book is written in a very congenial and positive manner, and with humor and humility on the part of the author.
As the author indicates, the book would be ideal for a newly married (or soon to be married) couple, or for those wanting to strengthen a good marriage. It is not designed for repairing a marriage gone badly, though it may provide strength and direction to a marriage that has been repaired. Discussion questions are given for a one-to-one dialogue between husband and wife, to explore some of the issues raised in the book. As a pastor, I could heartily recommend this book to any newlywed couple. It's another book I'd gladly read and re-read.
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