Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated
A Practical Guide for the Brokenhearted
by Linda W. Rooks
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Pub Date Feb 25 2019 | Archive Date May 18 2019
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Description
A home ripped apart by one spouse leaving reverberates with a host of unanswered questions. Simple answers don’t exist—heartrending complexities do. In the midst of the turmoil, reconciliation may seem out of reach. But there is still hope for those who are willing to fight for their marriages. In this practical, scripturally-grounded book on the subject of separation, men and women who are separated but hopeful for restoration will discover life-changing truths about God, themselves, and their marriages.
Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated by Linda W. Rooks explores practical answers for men and women in the midst of a marriage crisis, guiding them step by step toward hope and a positive outcome, even when fighting for the marriage alone.
After finding hope, strength, and encouragement for their marriages in Rooks’s first book, Broken Heart on Hold, many readers continue on their journeys with new questions as they take the next step. Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated begins where Broken Heart on Hold left off, continuing to guide readers through the labyrinths of separation, this time with practical answers to their questions.
From diving into topics such as relationship dynamics and healing, protecting children, and praying for restoration, to deciding on boundaries and learning to live with the same spouse in a new marriage, Rooks illustrates what reconciling and rebuilding a marriage looks like—and how the sweet intimacy of Christ is in the waiting.
Through biblical wisdom, the personal experience of navigating toward her own marital restoration after a three-year separation, and eleven years of ministry to marriages in crisis, author Linda W. Rooks offers hope to many who feel hopeless by sharing true stories, practical answers, and Scripture-based truth to guide readers along their journeys toward wholeness.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“I love the stories and the vulnerability with which Linda shares from her own experience and leads us readers to Jesus! I especially like the practical ‘Heart Work’ at the end of each chapter. I will be recommending it to all my married clients!”
-Roger Shepherd, President and Director of Florida Counseling Foundation; senior supervisor in the counseling program, Reformed Theological Seminary
“A marriage doesn’t deteriorate overnight nor is it rebuilt in a day—but how do you rebuild? What do you do while standing in the midst of the wounds and wreckage of a separation? In this impactful book, Linda Rooks brings wise, compassionate, and practical insight for a couple trying to piece together a broken relationship.”
-Matt Heard, Lead Pastor of Northland Church, Orlando, Florida; author of Life with a Capital L: Embracing Your God-Given Humanity
“Linda shares what she learned in her own separation and reconciliation and what she has learned from others. We especially appreciate the practical suggestions for walking a messy road rife with various opinions on how to best proceed. The insights into a healthy reconciliation process will be invaluable to those on that path. This is a great resource we will recommend.”
-Gary & Mona Shriver, Authors of Unfaithful: Hope and Healing after Infidelity; cofounders of Hope & Healing Ministries, Inc.
“Marriage on the rocks? Wondering if you are the only one who cares about your marriage? Linda Rooks has written HOPE and HELP into your future! This book is a healing balm for one of life’s very unwelcome, unwanted, and unbelievably difficult journeys. It’s a must-read for anyone finding themselves struggling to hold on to his or her marriage.”
- Pam Farrel, Author of forty- five books including bestselling Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti; codirector of Love-Wise
“Practical, powerful, confidence-building, and enlightening describe this book by Linda Rooks. Her wisdom is greatly needed and will embolden those who feel lost and hopeless in the midst of marital separation and abandonment. As lay counselors, we will be recommending Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated knowing it will give others biblical hope in God’s care and the Holy Spirit’s empowering.”
-Kathy Collard Miller and Larry Miller, Lay counselors, speakers, and authors of many books including Never Ever Be the Same
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781948130530 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Mark K, Educator
Linda Rooks, “Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated,” is an incredibly wise and practical book that can offer hope to couples struck by the tsunami of pain, confusion, and disconnection. I highly recommend this book to couples looking for a biblical, down-to-earth, and life-giving guide for couples on their journey toward restoration!
Sarah G, Reviewer
If I had read this book during my own separation, I would have had a life raft of hope, real-world encouragement, and much-needed boundary building tools. This Christian book is an invaluable resource for any husband or wife, currently estranged from his or her spouse, who wants godly wisdom on how to proceed.
Linda W. Rooks does not give easy answers or false promises. She presents the entire gamut of emotional responses, based on her own experience of being separated for over three years. Best of all, she offers solid advice on how to handle all of those emotions with grace and self-control. If you have a hurting friend and don’t know what to say, simply give him or her this resource. By doing so, you may change your friend’s life forever.
Favorite quote:
“What you focus on expands.”
I received a preview copy of Fighting For Your Marriage While Separated from Netgalley.
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