Make the Most of Your Marriage<br >If you are considering marriage， or if your marriage is currently in<br >its critical first years， this is the book for you. It will help you not<br >only to make it through those early years， but to establish a<br >foundation on which you can build an exciting， fulfilling marriage<br >that will last a lifetime.<br > In The First Years Together， Ruth Sanford explains how to over-<br >come the challenges and problems that Christian women face in<br >the formative years of married life. With keen insight， compas-<br >sion， and candid illustrations from her own successful marriage，<br >she gets to the roots of important issues like communication，<br >romance， disillusionment， sex， birth-control， pregnancy， house-<br >keeping， in-laws， finances， decision-making in the home， and the<br >differences between men and women. She offers tested， proven<br >wisdom that has helped hundreds of Christians through the<br >difficulties of the first years of marriage， turning those years into<br >opportunities for a stronger， happier marriage.<br > Christian marriage is the deepest， most gratifying human<br >relationship you will ever experience -- but it is also the most<br >challenging. Marriage counsellors consider the first years of mar-<br >riage the most challenging of all， and the most important years for<br >building a successful marriage. The First Years Together offers<br >encouragement and practical help for making the first years of<br >your marriage the beginning of a fulfilling， Christ-centered life<br >together.<br > Ruth Sanford is the author of More than Survivors and the<br >best-seller Do You Feel Alone in the Spirit? She and her husband，<br >Russ， live with their seven children in South Bend， Indiana.<br >