{"id":5246,"date":"2012-03-12T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirtygirlsministries.com\/blog\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2012-03-19T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T17:59:23","slug":"not-another-dating-book-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=5246","title":{"rendered":"“Not Another Dating Book” Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s guest author is Renee Fisher. Leave a comment below (by midnight March 19) to be entered to win a copy her new book, “Not Another Dating Book.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Loyalty Pains<\/strong>
\nBy Renee Fisher<\/em><\/p>\n

I want to let you in on a secret. When I wrote \u201cNot Another Dating Book\u201d I had been single pretty much my whole life. I was fast approaching 29 years old with no man in sight. Some of my friends were already married, some had kids and weren\u2019t married, and others were serial daters but hadn\u2019t met anyone of quality–yet. I wanted to write a book that could help you find your own love story, the most important being with God!<\/p>\n

Today if you find yourself nursing a broken heart as a single, inside of marriage, or just not sure where to begin to have healthy relationships–read and be encouraged!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loyalty. It hurts when someone leaves, breaks up, or cheats on you. It hurts beyond words. Misery loves company, and that\u2019s why God asks us to get connected. We\u2019re here to encourage one another. Take long walks. Talk and share. Pray together and point each other back to God–even when He is silent.<\/p>\n

Leah is the best biblical example of this. She was not loved. Nor was she the favorite wife of Jacob. After Leah\u2019s father tricked Jacob into marrying her, Jacob spent seven years working for the hand of her young sister, Rachel. Ouch. Talk about a loyal pain. But the Lord noticed her misery. As Ann Spangler and Jean Syswerda put it, \u201cThe God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Leah\u2019s husband) looked down and saw a woman who was lonely and sad because her husband loved his other wife better than he loved her. So, to ease her sorrow, to provide her comfort, God gave her children–beautiful, upright, strong children, one of whom would found the lineage of the priests of Israel and another who was an ancestor of Jesus Himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know some of you–myself included–have experienced deep sorrow from a painful breakup. From someone breaking his or her commitment. Maybe you\u2019re the one who broke it. You never know how God\u2019s going to redeem your love story. He\u2019s still writing the pages as we speak. Learn to trust Him and put your hand in His. He\u2019ll lead you down the path of righteousness. Next time you\u2019re tempted to believe you\u2019re the only one with heartache in relationships, take heart and think again.<\/p>\n

Since the time of Genesis God has been making and remaking His covenant to His people. Unlike your ex, \u201cGod is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?\u201d (Numbers 23:19). No. Say it again: No! No loyalty pains or broken commitments can separate you from God\u2019s love. (Excerpt from Not Another Dating Book, \u00a9 Harvest House, Eugene, OR).<\/p>\n