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Healing Tears
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Healing Tears: Reclaiming Freedom from Emotional Discontent
by Kelly Hawkins/ 10-session book-workbook
Softcover:
8.5 x 11", spiral
Page Count: 176 pp.
List
Price: $14.95 USD
$11.96 ea. (20% off)
50+: $9.72 ea. (35% off list)
ISBN 10: 0-9779-8009-X
ISBN 13: 978-0-9779-8009-3 |
Excerpt:
“What is it that happens in us when our sister calls
and says she can’t make it to the family gathering;
or when a close friend can’t come over for lunch but
goes shopping with someone else; or when a friend doesn’t
return my phone call; or when your husband loses track of
time at work when you had planned a nice dinner together?
I know in me there’s often a subtle voice that says,
You‘re not valued as much as whatever is taking your
place at the moment. Unfortunately, whether we recognize
the message or not, it impacts us more than we realize.
We lash out in anger (at anyone or anything, physically
and/or verbally); we back away with emotional distance;
we stuff the emotions so we don’t feel the pain of
the message and so we don’t intensify the situation
(but then it may come out again through physical problems);
we seek ungodly strongholds (e.g., addictive behaviors;
controlling other people; and controlling food by overeating,
under eating or purging; etc.) because we hurt. We hurt
because we fear the message is true.
“Whatever the cause of our feeling a lack of value,
we are left longing for satisfying, complete, unconditional
love. Jesus commanded husbands to love their wives like
he loved the church: unreservedly, passionately, sacrificially
and unconditionally. And he calls each of us to a standard
of love that forgives others ‘seventy times seven.’
As women, we know we blow it. We also know our need to be
accepted (i.e., loved) even when we fall short. We have
a passion within us to experience unconditional love.”
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About the Author
Kelly Hawkins knows and experiences
the longings of a woman’s heart. She has wrestled
with despair, hopelessness and loneliness, and has found
hope again. Kelly knows what it is to kill desire in order
to cope with life, and she knows the fear, pain, joy and
peace in allowing her heart to come alive.
She has mentored women, led small groups for many years
and had leadership responsibilities with Great Commission
Ministries for sixteen years. She is currently the Women's
Ministry Director at Frontline Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
After graduating from Eastern Michigan University, she worked
for several years as a Mental Health Professional. Having
discovered her true passion for a writing ministry, she
is now the Program Director for CarePoint. Always seeking
to keep her family as a priority, Kelly and her husband,
Dave, live in the Ann Arbor area with their three children,
Tim, Adam and Allison.
What the Reviewers are saying about Healing
Tears ...
“Healing
Tears is beautifully written with honesty, tenderness
and hope. Kelly exposes her very real struggle to maintain
healthy relationships with others and with her Lord due
to her own emotional discontent. She explores where these
feelings come from and turns to the Lord for help and healing.
She reveals how to move from empty longing into a place
of peace, contentment and joy. This book is sure to be a
blessing to those who read it. I can’t wait to use
this for Oasis.”
– Sharon Harr
Director of Oasis Ministry
“Who enjoys you? Do you feel like the enemy is the
only one who notices you? Are you pained at these questions?
Read Kelly Hawkins’ Healing Tears as you
deal with emotional discontent. Her work is a deep mirror
through which it’s safe to touch your fears, it’s
possible to taste the living God, it’s effortless
to smell hope, and it’s delightful to stumble across
delicious surprises already present in your soul. You’ll
see!”
– Dr. Monika Miko
Entrepreneur, teacher, writer, thinker
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