Reviews for Lady in Waiting: Becoming God's Best While Waiting for Mr. Right

The average rating for Lady in Waiting: Becoming God's Best While Waiting for Mr. Right based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-05-07 00:00:00 Sarah Cohen The book opens with the contention that a husband will not truly or fully satisfy a young Christian woman deepest desires, only God can do that. But the rest of the book presents a variety of admirable qualities found in Ruth and on more than one occasion the authors note that Ruth exhibited quality "x" and God rewarded her with a godly husband, so the reader should be patient/virtuous/etc. like Ruth. The unsaid implication is then maybe God will give the reader a godly husband too. Hard to shake the feeling that a relationship with God/cultivating biblical virtues are being treated as means to an end, that end being a godly husband. This is the most significant problem in a book full of them.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-02-03 00:00:00 Marc Hansing I began reading this book several years ago before meeting my fiance, and I was unable to finish it. Usually I am a firm believer in "if you haven't read the whole book, you're unqualified to make a review." Normally, yes. In this case, the reason I was unable to finish it was because I got so bogged down with the feeling that the author was very "bitter and single," moping about how life would begin when she met someone (while at the same time passionately denying that you needed a man). Several of the author's points were contradictory, because while she said she didn't need someone, I still got the impression she felt like she needed someone to be content. I felt like this book was more about becoming someone who was so obedient to God he blesses you with a man, rather than being your best self in spite of having someone, and enjoying that time of singleness. I got a bit too much of the x = y scenario (if I become godly woman, then I get man), which I don't really agree with. I think there is much more to single life than being "in waiting." Read with a grain of salt!