The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope Author: Leslie Vernick | Language: English | ISBN:
B00CGI3F9M | Format: PDF
The Emotionally Destructive Marriage: How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope Description
Something Has to Change… You can’t put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit.
For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward. Based on decades of counseling experience, her intensely practical, biblical advice will show you how to establish boundaries and break free from emotional abuse. Learn to:
· identify damaging behaviors
· gain the skills to respond wisely
· promote healthy change
· stay safe
· understand when, why, and even how to leave
· recognize that God sees and hates what is happening to you
Trying harder to be a perfect fantasy wife won’t help fix what’s wrong your marriage. Discover instead how you can initiate effective changes to stop the cycle of destruction and restore hope for the future.
“Women in an emotionally abusive marriage do not need another book on how to have a good marriage; those books rub salt in raw wounds. No, they desperately need this book so that they can diagnose just how bad their marriage is and then, with Leslie’s clear expertise, develop a plan that will either begin to turn their marriage around...or give them a wise route of escape.” —Dee Brestin, author of
Idol Lies and
The Friendships of WomenFrom the Trade Paperback edition.- File Size: 1752 KB
- Print Length: 242 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0307731189
- Publisher: WaterBrook Press (September 17, 2013)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CGI3F9M
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,364 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Clergy > Pastoral Counseling - #10
in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Ministry & Evangelism > Counseling & Recovery - #36
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I will be recommending this book to women in difficult marriages, for two reasons: 1) Her words are solidly rooted in the bible. She highlights scripture that is relevant for abusive relationships, which other authors or pastors ignore or overlook. 2) She understands the dynamics of abusive relationships, which enables her to provide practical, relevant, and biblical counsel to women in destructive marriages. This combination of good theology and practical insight is unparalleled by the other Christian authors that I have read.
Leslie recognizes that despite the most sacrificial efforts on the part of one spouse, some marriages, due to the hardness of one spouse, will not change. She does not sugarcoat this reality, but speaks truth to it. This book is not about "fixing" your marriage, but about identifying it as destructive, strengthening your identity and rootedness in Christ, and giving women the knowledge, tools, and practical wisdom to make strong, intelligent decisions for the good of their family.
Leslie will not make decisions for you. She places the responsibilty for making tough choices on the women who are in destructive marriage. She points out that while the advice of pastors and counselors is often well intentioned, they do not have to live with the consequences of their counsel. Some women will defer to their husbands or pastors, and end up regretting these decisions after they have led to continued abuse, destruction, and sin, sometimes even endangering their children.
Some of the practical advice Leslie provides is how to set up a safety plan, how to be prepared when talking with your pastor, tips on consulting with a lawyer, and a step by step plan on how to confront your husband.
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