Men, you may be asking yourself when you pick up this book “how will this book; Husbands, Why Knowing & Understanding Your Wife Will Change Your Life Forever, by E.L. Lopez, can help me when others have failed”? Two reasons; its simplistic approach in providing you with answers you so desperately need and you realizing change starts with the man in the mirror.
John’s wife would be quick to tell you that John is a good husband and great father, and John would agree. She would also tell you that John is emotionally disconnected from the family and he acts selfishly. She longs for John to take notice of her needs and to hear her when she speaks. John hasn’t noticed her love for him has stagnated. He has sensed for a long time that something is “off” but carries on as usual. Deep down he knows things should and could be better between him and his wife. John loves his wife but is stuck in his thinking on how to make their relationship better. He knows he has to change but has become complacent about his marriage and has given up on how to move his relationship with his wife into a healthier place. Her love for John has never wavered. However at times her heart is truly saddened and she has become weary trying to hold it together and doing it all.
John must realize in order to make their relationship better he must figure out how to touch his wife’s heart. He must start speaking her love language again. He has to think back to the very beginning, back to when they were dating. That is the key. Once he decided that “she was the one” he set a goal and set out focusing on ways to achieve his goal.
Husband as you start your journey to refocus your energy to bring you and your wife closer, you must envision the final outcome. Each step you take down the path of renewal will lead you to success and with those successes you will see your marriage become refreshed, laughter return, the energy within you come alive, and the excitement of experiencing life together once again.
The first actions you must take are to know and understand your wife. What you do not realize is you already know and understand her in certain areas or you would not have been able to win her heart. If you simply remember and go back and practice the things you did while dating, your goal is a short journey away.
As you read through this book you will gain insight into your wife’s thinking and why your actions have caused certain reactions from her and how your actions affect her feelings toward you. With that insight you will be able to meet your wife's needs and expectations of you and in doing so you will move your marriage into the place it was always meant to be, an example of how much God loves his children.
If you pay attention to what you are reading you will come away with a clear knowledge and understanding of what needs to happen to turn your relationship around. As you read through this book you will realize there is a consistent theme throughout, your wife needs you to initiate something, say something or do something, and the way in which to accomplish either of those things on a consistent basis.
This book is an action book and is intended for the husband that is sincerely seeking ways to restore and retain a healthy, happy marriage. The Holy Spirit himself will move you to say and do what needs to be said and done if you are willing to submit to his guidance. Fear not, they are things he has already placed in your heart.
To accomplish any of this you must have faith in God and in conjunction with that remember faith without works is dead.