Hope for Healing from Domestic Abuse: Reaching for God's Promise of Real Freedom

God's love is steadfast for survivors who chose to leave an abusive marriage but still suffer the aftershocks

When someone leaves an abusive marriage, life isn't instantly fixed. Women who have experienced domestic violence feel shattered. Because of the trauma they've been through, a bond with their abuser has formed that keeps them tied together long after they've physically left.

Karen DeArmond Gardner understands these difficulties all too well. She tackled all the same struggles when she left her own abusive marriage. And she intimately knows what women in this situation need in order to gain freedom from the lies of abuse-to be reborn as the people God longs for them to be.

Hope for Healing from Domestic Abuse isn't a how-to book with a few easy steps. Instead, it's a biblically based map for a long journey to healing. By recounting her own history--as well as the faithfulness of God when she was willing to follow His direction--Karen helps readers:
- discover there is life beyond abuse
- recognize God's relentless pursuit of their heart
- gain courage to release the trauma of their past
- regain life, hope, and wholeness in Jesus's healing love

Gardner's inside perspective, strong voice, and incredible, vulnerable story of deliverance from the bonds of abuse allow readers to find themselves in her words and feel heard at last. She puts hope back in their hands, with the assurance that God loves them deeply and wants them to know they aren't defined by their trauma, their past, or their brokenness.

Author: Karen DeArmond Gardner
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780825446948

About the Author
DeArmond Gardner, Karen: - Thirty years, four months, and two days after she said, "I do," Karen DeArmond Gardner left an abusive marriage. Today, she's a trauma advocate for women who have experienced abuse. She also facilitates Mending the Soul, a group that leads survivors through their trauma. She is the founder of AnotherOneFree.com, and owns a private security company in Hurst, Texas, with Tom Gardner, her second husband of ten years.