The Jesus Response for a Broken Heart: 65 Letters After a Relationship Ends

By John Pohl

When a relationship ends, you don't only lose a person. You may lose the future you imagined with them, the routines you shared, and a version of your life you thought would continue.

The Jesus Response for a Broken Heart contains 65 imagined letters from Jesus to fictional people facing different moments after the end of a relationship. Each letter meets someone where they are and considers what Jesus might say in that moment, drawing from the compassion, grace, and teachings found in the Gospels.

Some are trying to understand why the relationship ended. Some still love the person who left. Others know the relationship needed to end but are surprised by how much it hurts. There are letters for the person waiting for an apology, the person blaming themselves, the person who keeps checking an ex's life from a distance, and the person wondering whether they will ever love-or trust-again.

Their stories are different, but pieces of them may feel familiar.

Inside you'll find letters exploring:
- Missing someone who is no longer part of your life
- Rejection, regret, anger, and unanswered questions
- Letting go when part of you still wants to hold on
- Rebuilding your confidence after heartbreak
- Forgiveness without denying what happened
- Facing reminders, memories, and an ex moving on
- Finding hope when the future looks different than expected

The letters don't promise a quick way through heartbreak or suggest that faith makes the pain disappear. They offer something quieter: a chance to consider your experience through the love, dignity, forgiveness, and hope at the heart of Christ's teachings.

These letters are fictional imaginings. They are not presented as literal messages from Jesus, quotations from Scripture, or a replacement for Scripture. They are reflections created to bring the love and teachings of Christ closer to the complicated experience of losing a relationship.

Read the letters in order, or turn to one that speaks to what you're carrying today. Although each letter is addressed to someone else, you may recognize something of yourself in their story.

And if you know someone going through a painful breakup or struggling to move forward after a relationship has ended, consider passing this book along with a prayer.

A relationship can end without taking your worth, your capacity to love, or your hope for what comes next.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMG8GG8X
• ISBN13: 9798161031902
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"