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Emptied

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I guess we often walk into marriage with rose tinted glasses and the reality can be a bitter pill to swallow. This book helps you look at marriage in a honest way and looks at the reality of married life and remembering what matters and what marriage means in life and god.

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Emptied is a great book for marrieds or for those engaged to be married. Being married means being less selfish and putting another's needs above your own, posits Wynter and her husband, Jonathan. Throughout the book we hear stories of their fledgling marriage and the issues each brought into their home with them. Beyond the pretty wedding photos, beyond the great dress and handsome tuxedo, all of us bring baggage with us, from our family issues to our ideals about what marriage should be.

Fifteen years later, Wynter and her husband have four girls and a marriage that has seen it's share of ups and downs. I found a lot of helpful information in "Emptied" and would recommend this book to anyone who wants to start off on the right foot in their marriage, or change the course of where their marriage is heading. Practical tips, along with questions for review together at the end of each chapter leads to encourage deeper conversation with one another.

I must add that this title is the last one that Wynter completed before her unexpected passing in 2018. There will be a hole in the Christian writing/speaking community with her loss, and I felt a little bittersweet about finishing the book. However, she left a beautiful legacy of faith interwoven into this book, and I took away advice that I plan on adapting for use in my own 16 year marriage. This was a wonderful read and I am thankful to #NetGalley for an advanced reader PDF. All opinions are my own and I chose to review.

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