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2016 by Elizabeth B. Brown
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.revellbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2016
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-0418-6
Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Some names and details have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.
To my BELOVED
Our cherished children
Kim, Paul III, LeeAnne, and Brad
And our grandchildren
Lauren, Ashley, Paul IV, Michael, Kaylee, and Mara Kathryn
When I sit on the porch talking to God about my life, I am going to thank Him for you.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Standing Up
What happens to you is not as important as your response to it.
2. Facing Your Giant
If you do not believe you can win, you will lose your battle!
3. Finding Your Way: Taking Responsibility for Your Recovery
Its not the size of the dog in the fight that is as important as the size of the fight in the dog. Dwight Eisenhower
4. When Pain Is a Good Thing
Warning: life without pain could really hurt you.
5. Redirecting Your Thoughts and Your Emotions
Control the direction of your thoughts and you control the direction of your life.
Stewing may soften meat but it hardens the heart.
7. The Elephant in the Room
The only mistake you ever truly make is the mistake you never learn from.
8. When Problems Stack
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller
9. The Stories You Believe
You cannot change the past, but you can change the story that you tell yourself of the past.
10. Coping with the Pop-Ups
You cant stop thoughts, but you can refuse to let them play in the attic of your mind.
11. Where Faith and Life Meet
His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.
12. The Help beyond Understanding
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein
13. Letting It Go
When you forgive, you in no way change the pastbut you do change the future.
14. Dealing with Family and Friends
The shortest distance between two points is the route you travel in the company of a friend.
The two greatest days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain
16. When You Want to Help
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain
17. The Forgotten Children
It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men. Frederick Douglass
18. You Will Get Through This
If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering. Viktor E. Frankl
Questions for Discussion
Appendices
A. Amys Letter
B. Scripture for Help in Difficult Times
C. Quick Reference Anchors
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Other Books by Elizabeth B. Brown
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So many deserve my gratitude for being our familys guide and support along our journey through heartache to joy. How could we have survived whole, as a family unit, and filled with joy if it had not been for you? The journey would have been so much more daunting without your sensitive, open, generous, and profound care. You held our hands, hugged, listened, and were wise with your counsel.
A special thank-you for those who read through this manuscript and offered wise advicemy husband Paul, my son Brad, my siblings Richard Bowie and Amy Williams, my granddaughter Lauren DeGennaro, and my friends Jeff Anderson, Cindy DeVane, and Karen Randall. My son Paul III saved me many times as I struggled in war with my computer. (It had a mind of its own!)
There were many who shared their stories, including Sandy Cox, Tina Thomas, Boyce Berry, John Holbrook, Michael DeGennaro, June Barrett, and Suzy Williams. The Brown Fellowship of 120 gifted me with their wisdom and tweaked critical points through discussions and study. There were also a host who simply offered encouragement and unknowingly imparted wisdom. Thank you for your part in this book.
There is no way for our family to express enough gratitude to those who have been our guides and support as we traveled through travail. Our familyclose, extended, and friends broadly spreadeach of you has made a significant difference in our lives. The best and most wonderful things of life cannot be seen or even touched. They are felt by the heart. Thank you!
I write this book with aching sadness yet also with sure knowledge that doing so is a blessing. I want to share how we found our way to joy after a loss that knocked us to the ground, because someone, somewhere, doesnt feel he or she can. I am happy to tell you of the gift of faith and the blessing of caring family and friends. But, more than anything, I want to arm you with the tools that make recovery and recalibration possible. There are choices to be made in difficult times that will fill you with gratitude for life or allow you to sink further into despair.
Life has its incredible days; it also has days when it is hard to stop the flow of tears. Just keep pressing forward. A deep peace and an abiding joy can fill your spirit even in such times. Hold tight to the idiom that every day may not be good but there is something good in every day. See yourself as on a venture to find ways to overcome the hurt, not forget the past. There are ways to live with whatever has happened without hopelessness.
You may feel the world is over, just like a caterpillar locked in its cocoon. Cocoons are dark and frightening. Breaking free takes time and effort. The good news is that as a caterpillar breaks free it becomes a butterfly. It transforms from crawling in the muck to flying in the sky. So can you! I know such metamorphosis is possible.
We are programmed to work best by following the instructions of the designer. The body rights itself, the emotions balance, and with each problem overcome we become stronger and more able. Be aware that you are in a war. Battles to prevail over emotions that beg you to wallow, wail, long, and rage are hard fought. Giving up is easierbut it is not better.
This book is not filled with religious clichs or pious laws. It is about trusting God as you wonder why . It is about making critical choices to live victoriously instead of merely surviving. Joy comes as you choose gratitude when instead you want to despair; you must find good in the present to break the chains that bind you to the past.
Wisdom embeds. Your walk and faith become simple. You trust Gods care even as you understand your choices, not a magic eraser, will wash away the anguish. Come with me as we discuss the anchors and lifelines that steady your rocking boat in lifes storms.
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