SHATTERED

Finding Hope and Healing through the losses of life

Too many people today are suffering from the catastrophic effects of loss. This year 3 million people will die from disease alone, leaving loved ones grieving, not to mention millions more affected by divorce, suicide, the rise of mental health disorders, war/terrorism, abuse, and economic failure. These statistics reflect the gravity of losses in today’s culture.

Because most people equate loss primarily with death, many fail to notice that abstract losses of shattered dreams, unmet expectations, loss of hope, trust, even the loss of faith, can have serious long-range consequences on the heart.

Shattered explores how unidentified or unresolved loss impacts every area of life, especially our relationship with God. The long-range impact of these losses is often obscured, buried beneath the conscious surface in an attempt to avoid pain.

This book calls the reader to “notice” the losses of life. It explains how grief avoidance strategies like denial and control can keep us from fighting the battle to reclaim and reinvest our hearts after loss, and what faith-based strategies are necessary for healing.

Linking the age-old questions about the enigma of suffering to the grief experience, Shattered challenges the reader to decide about critical matters of faith and the heart. By stepping into the lives of those who have experienced loss and recovered with their faith still intact, this book offers the reader a faith based platform of hope by teaching “healing tasks of the heart” designed to facilitate secure attachment to God.

SHATTERED

Finding Hope and Healing through the losses of life

Paperback: $11.76
Kindle: $9.99
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Leafwood Publishers (September 10, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0891123822
ISBN-13: 978-0891123828
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches