The Vow
LFWP Book Review
Review Questions
1. Did you learn anything in the book that we could apply to our everyday lives?
Rachel: Hard times come to us all, they will pull you down and there will be times where you feel you won't survive but GOD will pull you through! Its not about the problem, its how you handle the problem!
Stella: Not only is Gods word a powerful thing, but our words are also. If we don't have Gods word in our life, as law, as truth then its easy to break a promise, covenant, or commitment. In order for any relationship to withstand all seasons, you must have Gods word in you.
2. Would you recommend this book?
Rachel: I would definantly recommend this book, I believe this book shows what marriages around us are lacking...commitment and faith in God.
Stella: Yes I would, I believe it serves as an example of a what real commitment is and the benefits of being in Gods word and of what God can do in your life if you choose to do things His way. It may not always be the easiest way but it is the best and the most rewarding.
3. Was it an easy read?
Rachel: The book was easy to follow. There were a few parts hard for me to read, not because of wording but because of emotions that crept up.
Stella: It was an easy read, they did a great job in making you understand something that is almost unimaginable to me.
4. Was God glorified?
Rachel: I believe God was glorified in the lives of this couple and in their writings. Purity was held as a high standard, Faith in an all knowing, loving, caring God was shown, and a glimpse of the strength God can perform through us was in each chapter.
Stella: Absolutely, in many different ways too. However my favorite is the reminder that God's ways are not our ways and that His plans are not our plans but they are the best. I'm sure we all have plans and thoughts about how our lives should pan out but His ways are so much better and the Carpenters story is a reminder of that for me.
5. One point or quote from the book that inspired or touched you.
Rachel: "Hope, is always in short supply and high demand" (Chapter 9). Each day we have a choice to offer hope to those around us or to continue in our lives of dispair. Hope gives life and despair gives death. I choose to give life!
Stella: "I had to re-discover what it was about Kim I had fallen in love with before. I can't remember what it was like the first time, but I'm guessing that this time my love has grown in a different way- not that "fluffy" romantic love but more of a conscious choice". Every relationship wheather it be with a spouse, our children or even friends and family takes work. Some are easier than others but they all go through rough seasons at some point, and it is in those times that loving one another is a choice! John 13: 34-35 says “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
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| The real Kim and Krickett Carpenter |
Let us know your thoughts on the book if you have read it or if this review helped you in any way. Be Blessed!
~Rachel & Stella~
3 comments:
Loved this book! Shows us that love is a choice not an option. I have to choose to love my Husband everyday. Its easy when he is the sweet romantic guy that brings me flowers, but I have to choose to love him even when he is the forgetful guy that always has to be reminded to take out the trash. It also showed me I need to be thankful for the little things God has blessed me with =)
I haven’t read the book The Vow but it’s based off a true story! I am a hopeless romantic and I love a good love story. It just makes me believe unconditional love is really out there all over again. I am lucky to have found that in my husband. When I watch love stories I can’t help but compare them to my own life. When I first seen this preview I couldn’t wait to see it, especially when two of my favorite actors are playing the lead characters. I went to see if it was available on Blockbuster @Home and it was! I right away ordered it and should be getting it in the mail soon. I have read some mixed reviews but I think I will like it, a co-worker at Dish told me she watched it recently and really liked it so I can’t wait to see for myself.
Sadly I was NOT pleased with the movie. They did not keep to the book at all! It did not show the toughness of what they went through and with God's help what they overcame. I watched they movie once and I probally won't watch it again. It just didn't do justice to the TRUE story! :( ~Rachel - from Light for a Woman's Path
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