Sandy Ralya

The Beautiful Wife is an inspirational Christian guide for women, devoted to helping them define their role within their marriage, so that they can have a fulfilling and successful marriage. The author provides information and spiritual guidance on important marital topics such as: communication, money, romance, sex, prayer, self-care and living a genuine life. The 12-part study guide is filled with the author's own experiences, along with spiritual references and suggestions on how to have a beautiful marriage and live within God's vision of a beautiful life. The Beautiful Wife was written and meant for a group setting, but it can easily be used for the individual study as well. In addition to The Beautiful Wife, it also has two companion guides: Prayer Journal and Mentor's Guide.

I thought that The Beautiful Wife was a beautifully well-written and inspirational book. I appreciated the author providing her readers with examples of her past experiences, her reassuring messages of hope for having a successful marriage is uniquely profound and deeply moving. The author provides practical, realistic, useful and inspirational information and suggestions to attain the the type of marriage that God intended for all of us. The encouraging and inspirational guidance that the reader will gain from reading this book is second to none, it is a book that a woman can continuously reference back to throughout her marriage.

I would recommend reading The Beautiful Wife for everyone who is considering marriage or is currently married (no matter the length of time), this book will provide endless spiritual reference and guidance to having a beautiful, loving and successful marriage.

Disclaimer: At the request of the author, publisher and LitFuse Publicity Group, a paperback edition of the book was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest review and participation in the virtual book tour event.

Virtual Book Tour Event: On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, in association with LitFuse Publicity Group, Sandy Ralya participated in a virtual book tour event with an Author Guest Post on Jersey Girl Book Reviews.
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The Beautiful Wife is a book for the gloriously messy woman who has serious and not-so-serious questions about her role as a wife. It's a book for the woman who longs to develop deep relationships with real women who don't gloss over the dirty realities of life. It's book for the woman who wants to experience more fulfillment, passion, and meaning in her marriage.

It can be a difficult thing to understand the role of a wife in this day and age. As a matter of fact, it's always been a hard role to understand. After all, it's not a one-size-fits-all kind of job, and it may require tweaking with each new season of life. Your marriage is different than mine, and both of our marriages are different than your friend's. Recipe theology - living by a one-size-fits-all formula - leaves all women hungry. But there are answers that satisfy.

In the book The Beautiful Wife, you will find some of those answers. In fact the more you work through the book, the more you to turn God and talk vulnerably within a loving community of women, the more answers you'll find. The stories of imperfect women with imperfect marriages will refresh you and also challenge you to make changes in your role as a wife, which will improve your marriage. You can use this book with small groups of women, alone, or with a mentor and I truly believe it will change your marriage for the better and teach you that there isn't such a thing as a perfect marriage or husband.

I received the book, The Beautiful Wife by Sandy Ralya compliments of Litfuse Publicity for my honest review and this came at a perfect time for me. I'm always evaluating how my own marriage can be better and how I can improve as a wife. Just the first chapter alone was like a breath of fresh air to my heart and soul as Sandy explains her own personal struggle in her marriage and trying to find a better way to make it work. I felt as if her words were my own and could relate to her story, realizing I am not alone in my thoughts, actions and worse yet, words. However through simple instructions, I saw how I could improve my husband through my actions alone and not anything I say or try to get him to do.

The biggest eye opener for me was when Sandy taught about the unique differences and roles we each bring into the marriage, though we are equal, we are not the same. Clearly Adam needed something he didn't already possess or there would be no need for Eve. It's realizing what strengths each of us brings to the marriage and how we can use those strengths to build the other up and strengthen our marriage. Men need our strengths in encouragement, our ability to find solutions in the midst of storms and instead of us dwelling on all the things we find fault with in our husbands, we need to think about all the positives, (Philippians 4:8). I can wait to see what blessings our marriage will bring as we both work through building our marriage and work towards being the best we can be in our roles as husbands and wives.

I easily rate this one a 5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it to any woman who is currently married or considering marriage. It's also great for women's Bible Studies and for Couples Counseling as well.… (más)