Book Review: Choosing to Cheat by Andy Stanley

Choosing to Cheat: Who Wins when Family and Work Collide
By: Andy Stanley

If you’re married or married with children, you have battled with the tension of balancing your professional career with your personal family life. I know I do. That’s why I picked up this book when I saw another pastor I know had read it and had some positive things to say about it. Here are some blurbs from the book:

• Your creator does not define your life by your career achievements or the neatness of your pantry. And neither does He define life by the number of hours you spend with your family.
• Good intentions have never accomplished anything.
• It is not enough for the (your family) to be your priority. They must feel like it.
• …couple must find common ground for the sake of monitoring the vital signs of the family.
• We are instructed to do our jobs and love our families (see Colossians 3:23). When you love your job and do your family, you’ve not only stepped outside the bounds of family, you have stepped outside the will of God.
• God doesn’t reveal His will for our consideration. He reveals it for our participation

Anyways, this is a great book for the spouse who feels they neglect family too much and the spouse who stays home and feels the other works to much. I finished the book in about an hour and a half. It is short and to the point. I will definitely be using the material in this book for my pre-marital counseling sessions.