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    A Journey to Contentment: Navigating Through Divorce
    A Journey to Contentment: Navigating Through Divorce
    A Journey to Contentment: Navigating Through Divorce
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    A Journey to Contentment: Navigating Through Divorce

    By e.j. carney

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    Are you, or a friend, going through a separation or divorce? Has your marriage headed off course and you dont know how to move in the right direction?

    This book is the help you need to navigate those raging waters. It will give you new insights, renew your faith in a compassionate God and present some concrete ways to dig out of the holes that keep you from freedom and enjoying life to the fullest.

    E. J. Carney will inspire and encourage you all along the way through her new book. She will help you to learn to love yourself again and prepare you for healthy relationships.

    The book will guide you on how to set goals, obtain financial freedom, learn about perfect mate wish lists, temptations and the way out as well as slips to avoid as you grow through your divorce.

    You will learn how to forgive and be forgiven and find out what contentment really is and how to get there.

    You will find an appendix that includes a monthly budget worksheet and even some marriage principles that will help you if you choose to marry again.

    Finally, there is a 31 day journal to help you navigate through your divorce.

    This would be a great book for anyone who is going through a separation or divorce, for a Singles' Pastor, or for you to give to friends who may need some guidance even on just their budget, goal setting or forgiveness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 21, 2012
    ISBN9781468552744
    A Journey to Contentment: Navigating Through Divorce
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    e.j. carney

    Edith Carney lives with her husband, Burt, in Goodyear, AZ. She retired from the federal government as a senior-level manager. Edith has worked for many years with singles and women's ministries. She is the mother of three children and nine grandchildren.

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      A Journey to Contentment - e.j. carney

      © 2012 by e.j. carney. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Scriptures taken 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.The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation are marked (NLT). Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

      Some of the concepts in Chapter 13, scrape off the barnacles are adapted from material published in Victorious Christian Living International, SALT Series Version 2.0, Social Area, Copyright © 2006. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

      First published by AuthorHouse 02/16/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-5313-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-5314-7 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-5274-4 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012902751

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      dedication

      foreword

      preface

      chapter one

      chapter two

      chapter three

      chapter four

      chapter five

      chapter six

      chapter seven

      chapter eight

      chapter nine

      chapter ten

      chapter eleven

      chapter twelve

      chapter thirteen

      chapter fourteen

      chapter fifteen

      chapter sixteen

      chapter seventeen

      chapter eighteen

      chapter nineteen

      chapter twenty

      appendix 1

      appendix 2

      navigating through divorce

      dedication

      This book is dedicated to my wonderful friends who read and edited my manuscript. I am grateful for your encouragement and valuable critique. I’d like to say a special thank you to my friend and excellent editor—Valerie Nystrom Paine.

      foreword

      It’s been my privilege to watch Edith’s journey—her faltering steps, leaps of faith, setbacks and struggles, new relationships and heartaches—all a part of God’s unfolding plan.

      If you are separated, divorced or going through a divorce, you are not half a person, the flip-side of a coin or part of a picture. You are a whole and complete creative miracle.

      This book will give you new insights; renew your faith in a compassionate God and present some concrete ways to dig out of the holes that keep you from freedom and enjoying life.

      May the time you spend reading this book bring you the answers you need and closer to the God who gives them.

      Pat Strickland

      Christian Educator

      Edith Carney will inspire and encourage you all along the way through her new book. She has been a fine church co-worker and friend for many years and I highly recommend her as a writer.

      Joseph E. Watkins Jr.

      Retired Pastor

      preface

      Are you going through separation or divorce? Are you feeling anxious and wondering which way to turn? Have you forgotten what contentment feels like? Does your future seem uncertain and bleak? Do you question the promise God gave in Psalm 37:4?

      Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

      Are you experiencing any of these emotions: shock, hurt, disbelief, confusion, anger or fear? Do you wonder if God knows what you are going through? Do you wonder if He cares? My friend, believe me God knows and He cares.

      O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

      Psalm 139:1-3

      You may ask, if God knows my thoughts, and even knows when I sit or stand, why is He allowing all of this hurt and turmoil? Why is He allowing my marriage to fail?

      I believe that God loves each of us and cares about our lives. He wants us to grow closer to Him and to use these experiences to help others.

      This book is based on my journey navigating through divorce. My prayer is that God will encourage and heal you, and give you answers and the direction you need.

      the author

      chapter one

      a safe haven

      I was the baby of seven children born to my father, with the last three of us sharing the same mother. Both of my parents had previously been married and divorced. I have memories of my parents screaming, fighting and hitting each other. That’s the chaos that filled our home until I was about seven years old when everything changed.

      Here’s what happened: Our family began attending a little country church and during one evening service Mother and Daddy went to the front of the church to receive Jesus as their Savior. The pastor’s wife approached me that same night and asked if I would like to go to the altar and ask Jesus into my heart too. I did want to; so I knelt beside my father and accepted Jesus as my personal Savior.

      After that pivotal night instead of waking up to screaming, I would wake up to my mother singing in her wonderful high soprano voice. When I was around eight years old, God healed my father of heart disease and called him into the ministry. Daddy began studying and preparing to

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