When you buy a book about marriage, where do you expect the author to start? What is the first topic you want to read about? Something about love, communication, anger, cheating or sex? These are all essential subjects because we are all affected by these issues. The problem with these topics is that they are not starting points. These are the things we do, but they don't correspond to who we are. If your goal is to build a strong marriage and family, which I hope it is, then the best thing we can do is start at the beginning, the foundation of life, marriage, and family. If you are having marriage problems, the first thing to do is to start resolving these problems before you go straight ahead. God must be our starting point. For the sake of interest, let me ask you a few questions: • What defines your life, your marriage, and your family? • Who are you ? • What defines you? • What is your life and marriage built on right now? The person you are will determine how you will live your life with and before others, as well as how you will approach your problems. As an introduction to this book "Every Season in a Marriage Has a Blessing" I want you to understand these two principles: • What your life and your marriage should be built on and • Then share a practical plan for living out this foundation in your marriage and your family. First I want to talk about foundation. Every life and every project needs a foundation, a foundation, a way of thinking about who you are and your relationship with your marriage and. your family. To tell you the truth, without basis, the practical measures you impose will not hold. Things like communication, anger and sex will fall apart if you don't have a clear understanding..... . middle of paper......salvation, when brought together in a church, forms a network of interdependent support systems, which are effective in extending the Kingdom of God. In a God-ordained marriage, the. excitement of romantic love ultimately leads to lively, ongoing communication, deep knowledge of your partner's most intimate joys and fears, sacred sex, mutual trust, and practical agreements to guide how you will lead your life together. When all of these things are present, you have fulfilled the promise of love in marriage. In this book, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to nurture the love that brought you together, with step-by-step guides to negotiating the areas that create obstacles in every marriage. These areas of contention are the self, money, sex, and children, and because these topics cause the most confusion in marriage, they receive the most attention..