Can My Marriage Be Saved?: True Stories of Saved Marriages

by Mae and Erika Chambers

Book Overview

"Can My Marriage be Saved?" is filled with more than twenty true stories of couples whose marriages were restored, even after being deemed hopeless by their friends, family, counselors even pastors... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981474705
• ISBN13: 9780981474700
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Pass It on Publications
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

True Stories of Saved Marriages

Mae and Erika Chambers are an unlikely duo to write a marriage book. Or are they? This bluegrass singing, guitar playing, mother-daughter duet doesn't have any training in marriage and family therapy, but what they do have is real life experience. Mae Chambers' marriage had problems from the Opening Bell, and by its 7th year, the stock was at an all time low. Three out of four counselors said it was time to sell. Mae writes, "The first three counselors, after hearing of John's re-involvement with drugs and alcohol, his raging verbal abuse, and his adamant refusal to seek help, all advised me to go along with the divorce...But I simply couldn't accept their conclusion...so I found myself in yet another counselor's office...she [the fourth therapist] challenged me to go home, get alone with God, and honestly ask Him to show me what I had done to cause problems in my marriage. My face flushed with anger, but I held my tongue. Obviously she had missed the fact that I was a victim in this mess of a marriage. John was the guilty one. While John was obviously out of control, Mae began see subtler ways she had contributed to the marital mess. She sought forgiveness and then, as she describes it, began to "stand for her marriage" by remaining faithful to a prodigal husband. In time, her marriage improved. Real Marital Problems The book, Can My Marriage be Saved?, is a collection of 22 auto-biographical accounts of severely troubled marriages that survived. The problems are severe, and true to life: cheating husbands, cheating wives, a spectrum of verbal and physical abuse. Some couples describe being estranged for years before reconciliation. Warning, Disney boycotters: its sex, drugs, and bluegrass. He Said, She Said In each story, the spouses take turns writing from their own point of view. This provides good perspective, though the frequent changing of literary voice can damage a story's flow--and it gives me a migraine. Still, the drama is a page-turner, and the narrative is far superior to the anonymous vignettes typical for a marital help book. Real Marriage Solutions How do you save a marriage? In the book, some couples used therapy, many used prayer, and all had a unique path to healing. Consider this excerpt from the story of Gary and Mona, ...the counselor had suggested I read a book on codependency. I had almost laughed out loud...I remember looking at him and saying, "You think I'm codependent?" He looked at me calmly. "I know you are." I went ahead and took the book home, but just to prove him wrong. I read it, and before long I realized he was probably right. In the story of Bev and Tom, after an argument where Bev lost her composure, she met with a professor for a lesson on neurobiology. She writes, I wasn't sure what neurobiology had to do with my marriage, but I was about to find out. "Brain function has a great deal to do with how we respond to real or perceived pain...Beneath the new brain lies the brain stem, or old brain

Hope for your marriage...

Mother and daughter, Mae and Erika Chambers team up to offer readers a real look at 22 marriages that were in trouble. Each spouse speaks, sharing from his or her perspective. Some of the situations they face are adultery, sexual addiction, clinical depression, bankruptcy, substance abuse, and the loss of their children. In each true story, the couple turns to God in prayer. They ask forgiveness, they search their heart, and allow God to intervene. All marriages hit rough spots. Many people marry with no thought of the commitment they are making. Mae and Erika bring hope, encouragement, and possibilities to couples. Marriages can be saved! This is a great book.

An absolute must for all couples, even those not married yet!

This books is a real tool for marriages. Broken marriages with one partner wanting to reconcile, bad marriages, good marriages, marriages in the making, all can get real help and insight into marriage. In a day when many marriage counselors and pastors counsel people to give up if the other partner is not interested in reconciling the marriage, this book shows how that does not have to be the only answer. All the stories of marriages saved from the brink of disaster give hope and to the average married person they give insight in how to make their marriage better. My children have also read this book and the one who is getting married this year said he really learned from reading it. Unlike many books on marriage, this one actually shows you how to get help they way many of these people in the stories did. All you will need is internet, or telephone to contact these marriage ministries.

Great resource!

What a great resource for troubled marriages Can My Marriage be Saved?: True Stories of Saved Marriages. This isn't a sugar coated, platitude laden book - it's real stories, of real families, with real problems... then real solutions!! I liked that! No matter what your issue is, you can probably find a similar one in here - adultery, drug or alcohol abuse, financial issues, blended families, even the death of a child. What I liked best about the book is that after each story there is information about the marriage ministry that helped that family reconcile. There's contact information, name, address, phone number and website info, for each ministry. It's a resource I'll keep on my bookshelf for myself, as well as keep a copy or two handy for friends and family who find themselves in difficult marriages.