BOOK REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: The Healing Choice by Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen

The Healing Choice:  How to Move Beyond Betrayal Authors: Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen Publisher: WaterBrook Press (June 17, 2008) ISBN-10: 1400074258 ISBN-13: 978-1400074259

The Healing Choice Guidebook Author: Susan Allen Publisher: WaterBrook Press (June 17, 2008) ISBN-10: 1400074266 ISBN-13: 978-1400074266

If you have ever been in a relationship wherein the other party cheated on you, you know the devastation as well as the feelings of anger, sadness, etc. and know how those feelings can mar your trust in the other person as well as put a wall there that you just can't get past without help.

The Bible tells us to forgive those that trespass (sin) against us and yes, that means a spouse who has been unfaithful. We must forgive so that our Heavenly Father will forgive us.   

Yes, I know that's easy to say and yes, I know how hard that can be to do so in any situation.  Just saying the words, "I Forgive You" isn't enough, you need to mean it and let the situation go.

You can't do that alone.  You need help. Your help will come from prayer and reading your Bible.  This book and guidebook are not meant to take the place of your Bible and prayer time, but rather to share an insight from two different women's perspectives on how they handle the situation that laid at their feet.

Overall, this book and guidebook are helpful books to women and men alike that have had to or may be dealing with unfaithfulness in whatever form a spouse.

 

Book Summary:

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.

Alternate Book Summary:

In the aftermath of discovering a husband’s battle with pornography or other forms of sexual infidelity, countless wives are left feeling humiliated, betrayed, angry, and desperate. Worse still is the sense of isolation created by the fear of revealing the truth even to trusted friends.

Authors Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen understand all too well the pain inflicted by a spouse’s sexual duplicity, and in this empowering book and companion workbook they lead women out of the closet of shame and into the light of God’s healing. With biblical wisdom and compassion born of experience, they lovingly guide women in moving toward genuine spiritual and emotional restoration, even if their husbands never change.

Drawing on their own stories and those of other women, the authors provide step-by-step counsel in grabbing hold of intimacy with God and the community of women to find the needed support to move beyond devastation and into a restored wholeness.  Through these powerful, practical resources, women will be equipped to find healing and to make wise choices for themselves, their children, and their marriage.

About the Authors:

	Brenda Stoeker is a registered nurse, mother of four, and seasoned marriage teacher with life experience in rebuilding a broken marriage. Together she and her husband, Fred, have counseled hundreds of couples struggling with issues related to sexual brokenness.
	Susan Allen is a counselor who specializes in helping women create and maintain effective healing groups in churches and communities across the country. With husband Clay, she is the cofounder of Avenue, a ministry centered on healing and restoration from sexual brokenness.

 

Giveaway:

Courtesy of the publisher, I have 2 copies of The Healing Choice:  How to Move Beyond Betrayal (just the book not the guidebook)  to giveaway.

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Deadline to enter is July 31st at 11:59 PM EST

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