Sunday, August 10, 2008

The Healing Choice

In the wake of betrayed intimacy, you may feel nauseated, angry, humiliated, desperate. Why am I not enough for him? Can our marriage be saved—and do I even want to try? Will this unbearable ache ever go away? Amid the devastation that follows a spouse’s sexual disloyalty, you need to know that you are not alone. God walks alongside you, offering comfort and a promise to transform the pain of the present into hope for the future. In addition, there is a community of women who know firsthand the agony caused by a husband’s sexual compromises and who offer the compassion, strength, and biblical wisdom you need to make healthy decisions for yourself and your family. The Healing Choice reveals the hope-filled stories of two such women, authors Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen, who draw on their own experiences and those of many others to offer step-by-step advice for rediscovering intimacy with God and finding the support you need to move toward genuine spiritual and emotional restoration. Their down-to-earth insights light the path toward help and healing for every woman who longs to move beyond the pain of broken trust and experience God’s promise of hope
Janet's review -
I enjoyed this book from a therapist's perspective. It is full of ways to 'let go and let God' carry the burden of a dying loved one and a husband who has strayed. Often people become angry with God and push Him away first before looking at the situation and having faith that God knows how it will all turn out, even before it happened.
I was touched by the honesty and openness of these two women in sharing their life's struggle and heartache.
Again -I have one to give a way - send me your address (Micalanne, I still need yours for the last book) and I'll send you a copy!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Incomplete - I am in LOVE with this song

Do you ever buy a CD and one song just jumps into your soul and stays there as a reminder that there is something in your life that is going on and you didn't even know that this 'something' was there waiting for you to work out? Well, that is what this song by Alanis Morissette has done to me. I am in love with this song, but at the same time, I feel so strongly that I have some 'relationship-with-God-stuff to work out.' Often, I get in this place and often, I fight until I can not fight with my heart anymore - giving in and allowing myself to re-connect and not question. I am not a person who gives my whole self to the will of God easily. In fact, I fight and struggle with the idea of "God" and just want God to be with me without me having to do and give and struggle. Does anyone understand what I am saying here?

Anyway, I love the song - can not get enough of it - want to be a friend to friends who know how to be friends - and this desire for friendship includes God.

Be open. Listen.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Love As A Way of Life by Dr. Gary Chapman

It is time for a book review!
"It is impossible to succeed without love." Dr. Gary Chapman
Dr. Gary Chapman's new book Love As a Way of Life speaks directly to my heart. I have felt for as long as I remember that if we as a human species could just offer love to each other in a non-judgemental, God centered way, our world could heal itself. Now, this book confirms how I have felt and the way I have tried to offer myself to the planet for me. This book, Love As a Way of Life is the follow up to The Five Love Languages and offers seven traits that lead to loving relationships.
These traits are:
1) Kindness
2) Patience
3) Forgiveness
4) Courtesy
5) Humility
6) Generosity
7) Honesty
Each chapter is full of suggestions and reasons that these traits are so important for us to cultivate and develop in our relationships. I especially liked the chapter on courtesy. How 'missing' is this trait in our day to day dealings with those whom we come in contact with daily? VERY!
The last few chapters are on making love a way of life in Marriage, Parenting and the Workplace. There are also quizzes and exercises to 'test' your levels in each of the seven areas.
I highly recommend this book as one that will enhance your day to day living of life and will give you a deeper insight into your own behavior as you interact in relationships.
I have one to give away....just be the first to say in a comment "I want more love" and I'll send you a copy.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Grant-E's Big Adventure

Grant was able to go on a 2 week Church History Trip with Latter Day Tours. Our house was pretty quiet without him here, but he had a great experiences and loved seeing new cities and sites. Here are a few of his pictures! Enjoy!! Sacred Grove Palmyra Temple - cool sky! John Lennon memorial Central Park Liberty Bell - through a window to avoid the line! (that is my boy) WWII memorial - every state who sent troops has a wreath Acting like a Canadian on the Maid of the Mist tour Niagara Falls - Canadian Side Ground Zero from the bus - NYC Hill Cumorah Original Book of Mormon transcript