Divorce

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    Divorce Recovery Resources

    Topics include Anxiety after Divorce, What the Bible Says About Divorce, Forgiveness, Personal Divorce & Faith Stories, Meditations and Encouragement after Divorce, Divorce Recovery, Divorce Financial Advice, Dating Again, Being Single, and Self Care.For short reads on these topics, I’ve included links to some of my own blog posts. ​Blessings on your healing journey, P.S. ​Your comments are welcome on this blog. After sharing some of those experiences in her upcoming memoir, God, the Devil, and Divorce, she's heard many stories of divorced Christians who have struggled with the same issues. This blog invites divorced Christians to tell their stories with the goal of encouraging churches to resist condemnation and become a source of healing and grace.​ ​Do you have a divorce experience to share?

    2 min readSeek God FirstGod's ProvidenceHealingDivorce
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    Divorce Recovery Book

    Divorce can be the best choice in those situations.No matter what the reason for divorce, even if we aren’t overtly shunned like my mom was, we often hear hurtful responses with a spiritual ring to them: God can heal your marriage; just pray in faith. This repair becomes part of the history of the piece, which enhances rather than diminishes its beauty.​No matter how the church responds or what people say, no matter what trauma we have experienced, no matter what we have done to contribute to our broken marriage, God is willing and able to heal. Guest Author ​​​Connect with Rebecca at rebeccamitchellauthor.com Facebook@AuthorRebeccaMitchell Instagram: newrebeccam book link: From Broken Vows to Healed Hearts I highly recommend Rebecca's book for Christian women who are finding their way after divorce.​Blessings, Do you have a divorce experience to share?

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    Divorce recovery help

    Through the years, Sonia has supported domestic violence survivors as an advocate, speaker and empowerment trainer.Sonia's website for more information and to sign up for her newsletter: https://www.soniafrontera.com Relationship Solutions: Effective Strategies to Heal Your Heart and Create the Happiness You Deserve (The Sister's Guides to Empowered Living Book 3) Sonia’s book is a clear-eyed look at what holds a marriage together and what tears it apart. She's taught college and university composition; is a popular speaker at service organizations, women's retreats, writers conferences, and press conventions; and she conducts workshops on all aspects of creative and professional writing.Brenda's website and to sign up for her newsletter: https://brendawilbee.com Taming the Dragons: Choices for Women in Conflict and Pain Dealing with huge personal problems such as divorce demands us to draw on all the courage and faith we can muster. I wrote this memoir to help other Christian women who are going through divorce. Linda's blog and to sign up for her newsletter: https://www.lindamkurth.com/divorce-healing-blog​ ​Email Linda: linda@lindamkurth.com God, the Devil, and Divorce: A Transformative Journey out ofEmotional and Spiritual Abuse After more than 20 years of marriage, Linda is shaken when her pastor/counselor suggests her husband is a “crazymaker.” This news opens her eyes to the emotional abuse that has been going on for years.

    5 min readDivorceHealingSpiritual Maturity
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    Overcoming Divorce Fear

    I'm 53 now, and so scared that I won't get married again, but that is the desire of my heart and I just keep praying.” This comment on one of my blog posts touched my heart. I pray the woman who wrote me will wait upon the Lord, trusting she will find the love she is seeking at the perfect time in her life. I want you to know that, even though you will probably experience some level of fear, with the Lord’s help, you can get through it. This blog invites divorced Christians to tell their stories with the goal of encouraging churches to resist condemnation and become a source of healing and grace.​ ​Do you have a divorce experience to share?

    4 min readFearDivorceSpiritual Maturity
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    Divorce Struggle

    My ex and I are not together anymore, but there are some things that we continue to get right, and a unified parenting front is one of them. Without me.The worst part of divorce - if you have kids - is not learning to cook for one, or the identity crisis, or the moments of crushing loneliness and grief. Kelly is also cofounder of Mental Health at the Mic, where she teaches those whose lives have been affected by mental illness how to write and perform stand up comedy.

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    Is Divorce a Sin?

    In a previous blog post, I used as examples Harvey Weinstein, disgraced film producer, who prompted the #MeToo movement, and Paige Patterson, disgraced ex-president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary whose behavior prompted the #ChurchToo movement. The sad truth is that the teachings of Jesus and the apostle Paul concerning women, and other low-status peoples, have been skewed by these translations to mean quite the opposite … women as second class citizens who are not due equal respect and benefits. Biblical verses have been used for generations to back up this view. Following the example of church leaders, husbands were also given free rein to “lord it over” their wives. It seems clear to me that disallowing “divorce” from spiritually abusive churches, and actual divorce from physically and emotionally abusive marriages, kept the patriarchal church functioning.

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