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Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken: Finding Forgiveness and Restoration
Cindy Beall
4.09 AVERAGE
2 reviews for:
Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken: Finding Forgiveness and Restoration
Cindy Beall
4.09 AVERAGE
I'm not married, so I'm probably not the best judge of this book. However, I've been in relationships -- long-term serious relationships, and I've been engaged. Needless to say, that engagement, after 11 years, ended badly enough that I considered reading a book on broken trust in marriages.
I've never been a wife, but I understand betrayal. So, perhaps that still makes me part of the target audience.
Cindy Beall's husband was a leader in the church -- a man who never planned on cheating. But, he did -- more than once, with more than one woman -- and he even had a child with a woman who wasn't his wife.
In HEALING YOUR MARRIAGE WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN, Cindy takes the stance of half-memoir, half-Christian-self-help tale to illustrate how a couple can overcome infidelity if both ultimately make the decision to heal.
The author is careful not to be judgmental -- stating that she believes the Bible gives justification for a man or woman choosing NOT to stay after the other cheats, but also saying that the decision is ultimately between the couple and God on how they might proceed. She mentions the importance of leaving the past behind and the possibility of creating a new future, if all parties involved are in agreement that they will do whatever it takes to regain trust.
Alternating between her own stories and those of other couples who have successfully began working through infidelity, Beall gives plenty of hope and inspiration to those wanting to give their relationship another try.
While this certainly won't appeal to those looking for hard psychology, I think the author did succeed in showing possibility through the story of her life and her own faith not only in her husband but in God to bring her through troubled times. HEALING YOUR MARRIAGE WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN is sure to appeal to those seeking that very inspiration for their own broken stories.
I've never been a wife, but I understand betrayal. So, perhaps that still makes me part of the target audience.
Cindy Beall's husband was a leader in the church -- a man who never planned on cheating. But, he did -- more than once, with more than one woman -- and he even had a child with a woman who wasn't his wife.
In HEALING YOUR MARRIAGE WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN, Cindy takes the stance of half-memoir, half-Christian-self-help tale to illustrate how a couple can overcome infidelity if both ultimately make the decision to heal.
The author is careful not to be judgmental -- stating that she believes the Bible gives justification for a man or woman choosing NOT to stay after the other cheats, but also saying that the decision is ultimately between the couple and God on how they might proceed. She mentions the importance of leaving the past behind and the possibility of creating a new future, if all parties involved are in agreement that they will do whatever it takes to regain trust.
Alternating between her own stories and those of other couples who have successfully began working through infidelity, Beall gives plenty of hope and inspiration to those wanting to give their relationship another try.
While this certainly won't appeal to those looking for hard psychology, I think the author did succeed in showing possibility through the story of her life and her own faith not only in her husband but in God to bring her through troubled times. HEALING YOUR MARRIAGE WHEN TRUST IS BROKEN is sure to appeal to those seeking that very inspiration for their own broken stories.
Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken by Cindy Beall was originally written many years ago and has now been updated and expanded. I love that message is the same throughout this book, you can trust God through the betrayal you are feeling. Cindy talks about the deep betrayal of her husband’s pornography addiction that later led to her husband, who happened to be a pastor, to have a baby with a mistress. She explains the process of the initial grief and the redeeming work of God’s hand in their marriage.
I love that this book is filled with authenticity and vulnerability. Cindy is not shy about the hard work it takes to be committed to marriage. The Beall’s testimony is an example of what is possible with God and a servanthood marriage after devastation. Their marriage is a work of God and what it means that He exchanges beauty for ashes.
Overall, Healing Your Marriage When Your Trust is Broken is a unique book that can help guide hurting marriages back to the healer Himself. The only downside to parts of the book are there is uses of “get over it” and “move on” that could be hurtful to those who are just learning of their spouses betrayal. You can see Cindy’s heart throughout the book is not the same language that is conveyed overall. The strongest parts of the book are the questions that were asked to other couples that had also endured broken trust. To have a variety of backgrounds and different scenarios reaches a greater audience.
Overall, Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken (Updated & Expanded) has very helpful tools for those who are just beginning to walk in their healing journey and marriages 10 years in alike. I do recommend this book to spouses who are hurting after marriage betrayal. I do advise those reading to continue you reading past the hard to hear parts of this book. It seems Cindy’s heart is one who sympathizes deeply with those who have been hurt. However, at different parts of the book it can be taken as someone who is telling you to just get over it or there is no hope for the couples who don’t have a spouse as willing to work at marriage recovery. I encourage you if you continue to read, you will see that her heart is to help.
Bottom line, this book is a reminder that you are not alone, marriage restoration is possible, and God is trustworthy, no matter where you are in your recovery journey.
I love that this book is filled with authenticity and vulnerability. Cindy is not shy about the hard work it takes to be committed to marriage. The Beall’s testimony is an example of what is possible with God and a servanthood marriage after devastation. Their marriage is a work of God and what it means that He exchanges beauty for ashes.
Overall, Healing Your Marriage When Your Trust is Broken is a unique book that can help guide hurting marriages back to the healer Himself. The only downside to parts of the book are there is uses of “get over it” and “move on” that could be hurtful to those who are just learning of their spouses betrayal. You can see Cindy’s heart throughout the book is not the same language that is conveyed overall. The strongest parts of the book are the questions that were asked to other couples that had also endured broken trust. To have a variety of backgrounds and different scenarios reaches a greater audience.
Overall, Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken (Updated & Expanded) has very helpful tools for those who are just beginning to walk in their healing journey and marriages 10 years in alike. I do recommend this book to spouses who are hurting after marriage betrayal. I do advise those reading to continue you reading past the hard to hear parts of this book. It seems Cindy’s heart is one who sympathizes deeply with those who have been hurt. However, at different parts of the book it can be taken as someone who is telling you to just get over it or there is no hope for the couples who don’t have a spouse as willing to work at marriage recovery. I encourage you if you continue to read, you will see that her heart is to help.
Bottom line, this book is a reminder that you are not alone, marriage restoration is possible, and God is trustworthy, no matter where you are in your recovery journey.