Surviving an Unwanted Divorce

A Biblical, Practical Guide to Letting Go While Holding Yourself Together

By: Lysa TerKeurst, Jim Cress, Joel Muddamalle

Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst, Joel Muddamalle, Jim Cress

Read by the authors.

A Failed Marriage Doesn’t Make You a Failure in God’s Eyes

When Lysa TerKeurst experienced the painful and unwanted death of her marriage after nearly thirty years, she didn't know who to turn to or what would actually help her. She needed to get her bearings on what the Bible really says about marriage and divorce. She also needed the tools to work through the fallout she was walking through. Now, Lysa, alongside theologian Dr. Joel Muddamalle and Licensed Professional Counselor Jim Cress, offers you that resource, answering some of your toughest questions about how to move on, even when your marriage doesn’t, such as:

• Does God hate divorce?
• How do I stop feeling so angry about all that has been taken from me?
• Why hasn’t God stopped all this tragedy from happening?
• How do I walk toward a future I never envisioned?
• How long is it going to take to heal?

Whether you’re in the throes of a divorce, still processing things that happened years ago, or walking with someone you love through a devastating season, help is not far away and God deeply cares for you. Surviving an Unwanted Divorce offers biblically based, practical strategies for navigating loss, shame, intense loneliness, and the unfairness of it all as one life season ends . . . and a new hope-filled season begins.

Additional resources can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

I Needed This SO Much

I am just now going through a divorce after 17 years with a covert narcissist. It's been brutal. I realized, belatedly, my whole relationship was of being exploited, not loved. It's been savagely painful. This book brought so much clarity. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

Informative, touching the heart of the matter

As a professional counselor, it is a wonderfully written book, written and performed by Lysa, her therapist and one of her theological advisers. It is sound advice that I have encouraged people who have gone through divorce and those who have just been in difficult relationships to read. This has so many applications certainly when walking through a divorce but even when traveling through other unwanted problems as well. Many of the topics are similar although nothing is as keen as the betrayal felt like that of one who thought it would be “forever”. This is the only book that I listened to on Audible while reading on Kindle so I could highlight. Then, I decided to purchase the hardback. I am a voracious reader and this is a first for me. A must read. Have recommended it to colleagues, clients and friends.

Helped Me Through My Divorce

This book gave me such relief that God still loved me and was confirmation for me. God laid the groundwork for me to stumble on this book and after listening to it I cried, laughed, and felt SO heard.

That I was able to listen to someone that had went through the same thing.

I love all the verses and information given to help me through this new journey.

Gone through almost the same situation

Definitely one of the best books I have ever heard! This not only was on point with my divorce but it also parts of it I could relate to emotionally abusive parents too! Best book thank you