Where Was God in My Divorce?: Living the Gospel in the face of Irreconcilable Conflict

By Gerald L Beasley III and Patricia A Beasley

Even couples who feel secure in their marriages can be surprised, in unimaginable ways, by divorce. The goal of a Christian who is forced into divorce should not be to survive and move on, but to conscientiously deal with every aspect of the struggle in the same way that Jesus taught us to deal with conflicts on his journey to the cross. Patience, kindness, love, trust, and forgiveness need to overcome temptations to jealousy, anger, gossip, cruelty, and revenge.Jerry had done church planting for sixteen years, as a missionary in France, when a series of tragedies led to his divorce. Pat was a pastor's wife, in their third church, when she went through a divorce. Divorce changed their lives. Their combined autobiography addresses diverse life issues, such as reputation, discretion, loss, depression, protecting children, the death of a spouse, dating, remarriage, and religious values and beliefs in a changing world, from the viewpoints of mature Christians.This is not another self-help guide. It's a poignantly honest, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the real world, the one we try to gloss over or sweep under the rug. Christians are particularly in denial, but the statistics reveal the toll that divorce takes on churches every year, in spite of valiant efforts to nurture families and buttress up marriages. Embracing conflict as a part of life offers us a way to win while losing and see God in the midst of divorce.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514664968
• ISBN13: 9781514664964
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.3"