I am currently writing book five in the series Get Out of the Way! Claim God's Will for Your Marriage. The subtitle is The Cost of Forgiveness.
The other two books I wrote in the series deal with why and how I decided to reconcile with my husband instead of getting a divorce. This book will deal with the price I have had to pay for forgiving him.
Yes, the forgiveness brought relief, but it also meant that since I had chosen to forgive him, I still had to contend with the aftermath of the forgiveness. Just because you forgive someone doesn't mean they change, or even that they are different. What it does mean, if it is true forgiveness, is that you do not bring up the matter anymore. You don't hold the past over their heads, and you treat them like you want to be treated.
What you soon find is people will always disappoint you on some level. You must learn to lean not on your understanding, but to use God during these times to find strength to endure.
The book will be published in the spring of 2012.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 14, 2010
New Book
Get Out of the Way! Claim God's Will for Your Marriage: Book Two Tony and Hazel is now available. There are a total of three books in the series so far. We have had great attendance at our relationship forums and look forward to doing much more as the year progresses.
Hazel and I met and found we had something in common. We both were in long-term relationships that were failing, in large part due to our inability to get out of our own way. Each of us, in our own way, was prohibiting our own happiness by taking on too much responsibility in the marriage, judging our husbands, and not allowing the the space they needed to grow.
She had just moved to Louisville from California. I had never seen or heard of her, but our lives were almost parallel. We knew we had to write these books. Our books are not about how to fix the other person. Our books are about helping the individual realize they must know what they want before they can have realistic expectations of others. We can only get what we give. That is the way nature planned it.
I know it seems like others may get more, or have more opportunities, but we all have the same opportunity to learn to love and allow ourselves to be loved. Ultimately, this is what the series is about. The books are about long term marriages and how they couples held them together.
If you are interested in the series, please email me at wanda@goosecreekpublishers.com or hazel@goosecreekpublishers.com.
Peace
Hazel and I met and found we had something in common. We both were in long-term relationships that were failing, in large part due to our inability to get out of our own way. Each of us, in our own way, was prohibiting our own happiness by taking on too much responsibility in the marriage, judging our husbands, and not allowing the the space they needed to grow.
She had just moved to Louisville from California. I had never seen or heard of her, but our lives were almost parallel. We knew we had to write these books. Our books are not about how to fix the other person. Our books are about helping the individual realize they must know what they want before they can have realistic expectations of others. We can only get what we give. That is the way nature planned it.
I know it seems like others may get more, or have more opportunities, but we all have the same opportunity to learn to love and allow ourselves to be loved. Ultimately, this is what the series is about. The books are about long term marriages and how they couples held them together.
If you are interested in the series, please email me at wanda@goosecreekpublishers.com or hazel@goosecreekpublishers.com.
Peace
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