Broken Heart on Hold, Surviving Separation
The woman who is separated from her husband walks a lonely road—one filled with quiet moments of despair and an almost suffocating fear. Living in a nether world of confusion, she desperately desires understanding, clings to hope, and longs for a caring supportive friend. This book, Broken Heart on Hold, is that friend.
Broken Heart on Hold is an inspirational and encouraging collection of honest and heartfelt messages written by a woman who really does understand—she has traveled the same path in her own marriage. Firmly rooted in Scripture, this book by Linda W. Rooks offers women practical steps for sorting out the emotional and mental chaos of separation as well as the biblical support they need to retain hope, hold fast to God, and trust him for the outcome. Broken Heart on Hold is the friend readers will turn to again and again. Broken Heart on Hold is in its fourth printing and is also available as an e-book.
Table of Contents – Introduction – Chapter 1
Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated
A home ripped apart when one spouse leaves plunges those left behind into heartrending confusion. With the normal life of yesterday shattered and gone, unanswered questions abound, simple answers don’t exist, and reconciliation may seem out of reach.
When separation breaks a family apart, a spouse willing to fight for the marriage must step back from the fray and take a new look. Fighting for your marriage means going deeper to appropriate a whole new set of weapons. Change must take place, and it starts with God.
Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated continues to walk beside the brokenhearted, guiding readers in practical and strategic ways toward hope and a positive outcome. Through honest and insightful encouragement and stories of hope, the book guides readers into a place of strength where they can enter God’s war room, unravel the complexities of this difficult journey, and fight for their marriage.
Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated, A Practical Guide for the Brokenhearted, is available on Amazon and other retailers. To see media interviews about the book, look at both archived and upcoming interviews on the speaking/media page.
Pieces of Dark, Pieces of Light – A Thriller with Heart
Forgotten Dangers. Family Secrets. An Unknown Fate.
In 2052 weapons of mass destruction are relics of the past until an unlikely discovery in Tajikistan thrusts long-forgotten dangers into the present. To keep terrorists from obtaining the weapons, U.S. leaders look to American diplomat Janssen LaMarche, whose diplomatic skills, family connections, and charismatic personality make him uniquely qualified to avert a world crisis. But before LaMarche begins his mission to Tajikistan, doctors identify a nagging health problem as terminal. Now forced to wage a life and death battle for himself, he must first travel back in time where an unknown fate awaits him and family secrets on two continents come to light. Meanwhile, his disgraced former brother-in-law joins him on the mission.
As a world crisis moves the plot through thrilling and suspenseful twists and surprises, at the heart of the story vibrates the personal saga of a man on a mission and the women who fear for his life
Pieces of Dark, Pieces of Light is available on Amazon
Linda’s children’s Easter picture book, The Bunny Side of Easter.
On Easter morning, as parents watch their children scurry about the yard, looking for Easter eggs , many feel a disconnect between the legend of the Easter bunny and the real meaning of Easter. The Bunny Side of Easter fills the gap, taking children on an exciting and charming adventure with hints of allegory that point children to the true significance of Easter.
The Bunny Side of Easter is an exciting adventure about an ordinary rabbit who became the Easter bunny and went to the moon. Lost in a forest on Easter eve, a mischievous rabbit, a plucky duck and a playful monkey face a fearsome tiger. Can they save themselves and the little angel who was kind to them? Will the angel discover the truth about her power? A tale of fears faced and friendships gained.
See more at http://bunnysideofeaster.com
or purchase at Bunny Side of Easter on Amazon
Leader’s Guide for Small Group Study for Broken Heart on Hold
If you want to help others successfully navigate through the difficult journey of separation, whether it’s a physical separation or one taking place under the same roof, consider leading a small group using Broken Heart on Hold for the study. This new leader’s guide will guide you step-by-step in putting together and leading a small group. The booklet also includes separate guidelines in dealing with a women’s study and a men’s study and helps you better understand how to minister to these hurting people. And, yes, many men, as well as women, do read Broken Heart on Hold and report to me that it has helped them tremendously. If you are interested in starting a small group in your church or home to lend support to separated people, you can e-mail me at linda@brokenheartonhold.com. The cost of the booklet is $7, plus $1.50 for mailing.
