From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce, Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling
Divorce can be a sensitive topic for Christians. After all, a husband and wife are supposed to be "one flesh." Yet even in the church, divorce rates continue to be substantial. And women are desperate for biblically based guidance, encouragement, and hope--not to sweep their pain under the rug and pretend broken vows don't exist but to know that complete healing is possible.

Rebecca Mitchell knows this because she has experienced divorce firsthand. Her marriage crumbled after twenty-five years, and she went through every stage of grief. But one day she realized she needed to stop being trapped by the past and move forward. She refused to accept the role of victim. Her journey to healing and her experience leading a support group in her home church led to a conviction that others could be helped in the same way: through engaged community, biblical self-care, and compassionate reflective practices.

This unique book covers topics such as depression, loneliness, forgiveness, hope, and even joy. Each of the twelve chapters includes five days of devotionals and journaling questions. From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts leads readers through the process of realizing that brokenness is a stage, not an identity. Mitchell encourages women to maintain hope for healing, to be patient with the time recovery takes, to be committed to community, and, above all, to seek God.
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From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce, Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling
Divorce can be a sensitive topic for Christians. After all, a husband and wife are supposed to be "one flesh." Yet even in the church, divorce rates continue to be substantial. And women are desperate for biblically based guidance, encouragement, and hope--not to sweep their pain under the rug and pretend broken vows don't exist but to know that complete healing is possible.

Rebecca Mitchell knows this because she has experienced divorce firsthand. Her marriage crumbled after twenty-five years, and she went through every stage of grief. But one day she realized she needed to stop being trapped by the past and move forward. She refused to accept the role of victim. Her journey to healing and her experience leading a support group in her home church led to a conviction that others could be helped in the same way: through engaged community, biblical self-care, and compassionate reflective practices.

This unique book covers topics such as depression, loneliness, forgiveness, hope, and even joy. Each of the twelve chapters includes five days of devotionals and journaling questions. From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts leads readers through the process of realizing that brokenness is a stage, not an identity. Mitchell encourages women to maintain hope for healing, to be patient with the time recovery takes, to be committed to community, and, above all, to seek God.
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From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce, Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling

From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce, Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling

by Rebecca L. Mitchell
From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce, Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling

From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts: Seeking God After Divorce, Through Community, Scripture, and Journaling

by Rebecca L. Mitchell

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Overview

Divorce can be a sensitive topic for Christians. After all, a husband and wife are supposed to be "one flesh." Yet even in the church, divorce rates continue to be substantial. And women are desperate for biblically based guidance, encouragement, and hope--not to sweep their pain under the rug and pretend broken vows don't exist but to know that complete healing is possible.

Rebecca Mitchell knows this because she has experienced divorce firsthand. Her marriage crumbled after twenty-five years, and she went through every stage of grief. But one day she realized she needed to stop being trapped by the past and move forward. She refused to accept the role of victim. Her journey to healing and her experience leading a support group in her home church led to a conviction that others could be helped in the same way: through engaged community, biblical self-care, and compassionate reflective practices.

This unique book covers topics such as depression, loneliness, forgiveness, hope, and even joy. Each of the twelve chapters includes five days of devotionals and journaling questions. From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts leads readers through the process of realizing that brokenness is a stage, not an identity. Mitchell encourages women to maintain hope for healing, to be patient with the time recovery takes, to be committed to community, and, above all, to seek God.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780825474897
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Publication date: 05/29/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Rebecca L. Mitchell is an English composition lecturer at the University of California, Davis, and writing program coordinator at California State University, Sacramento. For the past three years, she has led Bible studies for single women at her church in Roseville, California.

Table of Contents

Dear Reader 9

Introduction 11

Part I The Initial Devastation

1 Seeking God in Our Brokenness 19

2 Seeking God in Our Depression and Grief 30

3 Seeking God in Our Loneliness 41

Part II The Struggle to Face Our New Reality

4 Seeking God in Our Helplessness 53

5 Seeking God in Our Fear 62

6 Seeking God in Our Guilt 72

7 Seeking God to Forgive 86

Part III The Promise of Restoration and Healing

8 Seeking God for Hope 101

9 Seeking God for Our New Identity 110

10 Seeking God for Intimacy 119

11 Seeking God for Our Joy 128

12 Seeking God for Our Next Steps 138

Appendix A Group Guidelines 151

Appendix B Response to God's Invitation 153

Appendix C Further Reflection 154

Appendix D Reading Resources 155

Appendix E Support Groups 156

Notes 157

Acknowledgments 159

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