Getting Past What You'll Never Get Over: Help for Dealing with Life's Hurts
When hard times strike, we look forward with longing to the day
when we will "get over" the event and have closure. This is a
difficult--often impossible--road to travel. There are some things
in life that we must learn to live with because they will never
truly go away for good. Despite that truth, there is
life--rewarding and abundant life--after heartache and pain.
John F. Westfall leads readers beyond their hurts and into a life
of confidence, freedom, and secure joy. Sharing stories with
wisdom, humor, and vulnerability, he shows how to move forward
beyond fear, regret, guilt, anger, and bitterness into a life worth
living.
From the Back Cover
Everybody has stuff they can't get over!
Sometimes you can't just pick yourself up and move on.
But even then, there is hope.
When hard times strike, we long for the day when we will "get over
it" and have closure. This is a difficult--often impossible--road
to travel. There are some things in life that we must learn to live
with because they will never truly go away for good. Despite that
truth, there is life--rewarding and abundant life--after heartache
and pain.
With deep compassion, John F. Westfall leads you beyond your pain
and into a life of confidence, freedom, and secure joy. With humor
and vulnerability, he shows you how to move forward beyond fear,
regret, guilt, and bitterness into a life worth living.
You may carry the wounds of the past, but that doesn't need to keep
you from living a hope-filled future.
John F. Westfall is founding pastor of Harbor Church, a
creative new congregation in the Pacific Northwest, and has
pastored churches in Washington, California, and Minnesota. A
former radio show host, an ordained pastor, an adjunct professor at
Fuller Theological Seminary, and a popular retreat and conference
speaker, John lives in the Seattle area with his wife, Eileen, and
their dog, Maggie, who appears to have a personality disorder.
Top Highlights
“the truth is things happen to all of us that we will never get over.” (source)
“When we are in the midst of pain and loss it is natural to assume we’ll always feel that way. This may be one reason it is so difficult to have hope. But we aren’t doomed to be stuck in our pain. Our lives will change, our feelings will be different, and we’ll have opportunities to feel and experience life differently.” (source)
“find ourselves in a foreign land. We can’t seem to change things and we can’t stand the way things are” (source)
“They can’t seem to find ways to reconnect or to heal the rift. In marriage, the reaction to this exile is often to gaze longingly at the green grass on the other side of the fence, mindful of weeds and dry spots in our own yards. The seeds of envy sprout into resentment and jealousy, giving way to fear and bitterness.” (source)
“So plant a garden and put down roots. Make a home; plan a family. Discover the truth that we can be at home anywhere in the world, with any people in the world, because we know the One who carries us and cares for us.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Getting Past What You'll Never Get Over: Help for Dealing with Life's Hurts
- Author: Westfall, John F.
- Publisher: Revell
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN: 9781441239761
John F. Westfall is founding pastor of Harbor Church, a creative new congregation in the Pacific Northwest, and has pastored churches in Seattle, California, and Minnesota. A former radio show host, an ordained pastor, an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, and a popular retreat and conference speaker, John lives in the Seattle area with his wife.