Coping with Divorce Tips

tips for coping with divorceCoping with divorce as a Christian and maintaining your faith can be difficult. Especially when it seems like all you can do is mess one thing up after another or the pain isn’t going away. Remember, we all make mistakes and God will get you through the grief, hurt and loneliness. Below are tips on how to cope with divorce on a day-to-day basis addressing several issues you may encounter.

Time in the Wilderness

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Do you feel alone, isolated, and cut off from hope? Perhaps you are having a wilderness experience and don’t even know it. Because of divorce we often find ourselves in a place that feels un-natural, we seem to feel cut off from the things we love and even our cries to God feel like they [...]

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Read this and Smile

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Okay, normally I am not into those emails that are forwarded on and on and on but this one is worth looking over. Why? Because we all need a laugh or at least crack a smile every now and again and one of the next thirty statements should do the job. Truths for Mature Humans [...]

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God Defines You

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Broken things can be made useful! Many of us, most likely all of us, have been in a marriage that was unhealthy, dysfunctional, and sometimes abusive. As time went on we may have fallen victim to what our partner would say and do to us. We come to believe that we are weak, that we [...]

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Peace with the Ex

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“So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build each other up.” Romans 14:19 Driving home from work last week, I found myself behind one of those cars that was plastered with “peace” type bumper stickers. As it made for good reading, while sitting at the [...]

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Coming to Jesus

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No matter where Jesus was, throughout His ministry the multitudes flocked to Him. There was a very good reason for this; they came to Jesus out of hunger. A hunger to be set free, a hunger to be healed, a hunger to be taught, and a hunger to know the truth. They wanted to know [...]

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If I Only Had

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Have you ever caught yourself saying, “If I only had…” ? Better yet how many times a day do you say it? I am guilty! There seems to be those things in our lives, or lack of things in our lives that tend to make us feel like there is a void. Typically these are [...]

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Planning for the Unexpected

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If you are anything like me, and hopefully you’re not, you like routine, structure, and plan each day in order to get the most out of the time you have. There are those given things that take up a huge amount of our time like work and sleep but with the remaining parts we typically [...]

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If You Are Willing

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Time and time again Jesus healed people from all sorts of infirmities during His time on this earth. The good news is the power of God continues to heal and rescue people from the bondage that we all struggle with but one thing has to happen – you have to be willing. What does that [...]

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Have You Earned Gods Favor Today

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Day after day, year after year have you been trying to earn God’s favor and feel like you are failing miserably? Well you should! I know that I tried to earn God’s favor for years and it wasn’t until I experienced the brokenness of divorce that I finally understood what the grace of God actually [...]

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Coping Mechanisms

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Divorce can be very painful and it can take months or years to recover from its affects. However, there are healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms that can either help or hinder your healing progress. Many people don’t have the resources or skills to cope with the loss and pain that comes from divorce – some [...]

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The Miracle Cure

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I for one don’t like pain, especially emotional pain. It can linger on and after you think you have it licked it creeps back up from what seems like out of nowhere. I for one have prayed for a miracle cure to remove all emotional pain during my divorce. I would have given anything to [...]

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Healing Begins with a Choice

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Life consists of times of joy, success, growth and even hurt, failure, and blunders that stem from the many choices we make each day. When I was divorced several years ago I can still remember the feelings of hopelessness and loss. At times the pain was overwhelming and I didn’t know how I was going [...]

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Help Seeing Things in a New Light

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Every so often I have an eye opening moment that reveals to me my true nature. At times there is always so much going on in our lives that we may be missing out on growing in our Christian walk, developing relationship with God, or hearing His voice. I have been told repeatedly that the [...]

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Self-Improvement after Divorce

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We know that everything happens for a reason and God has a purpose for our lives. Divorce can be devastating and we all go at our own pace when coping with divorce but there comes a time when we have to decide to get back in the game. Instead of locking yourself up in fear [...]

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I Don’t Want to See That

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One major obstacle I had to overcome after divorce was the uncanny ability to see things that I didn’t want to see, things that would tend to bring me down rather than lift me up. For example; sitting in church minding my own business I just happen to notice the couple up front snuggling next [...]

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Just Another Bad Day

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Have you ever had one of those days when it seems you can’t do anything right? I am not talking about the typical, forgetting where you put your keys and you’re running late kind of deal. No, I am talking about having one of those days where things are far more disruptive and even hurtful. [...]

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Couples, Couples Everywhere

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Life after divorce is challenging especially if you are going to refrain from running out and starting a new relationship or drinking your sorrows away, which we all know simply makes things worse. After my divorce, and from time to time over the years, I come across a phenomenon that drives me crazy. It happens [...]

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Stop Playing the Blame Game

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This post is written from experience. After divorce there can be many, many “you did this!” “You did that.” Kind of conversations that only lead to an argument filled with anger and hate towards one another. There are several times a year, even still to this day that I get a call or a letter [...]

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Comment from Cristina

found this site while looking for one,I also went through the exact situationthat you did.I did cry,screan,cursed,but always had faith that god was with me.After 2 years it still hurts,but i am a nurse so i used my skills to help more people during their illness and that made me forget,to go on,My husband also [...]

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Building Success in Life after Divorce

I was contemplating lately whether I have been making progress in my life towards meeting my goals. Because of this website I can remember years ago when I felt totally devastated and alone. I felt like such a failure! Of course now I know that isn’t the case but I still find myself reading the [...]

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Move From Grief to Joy

I know many struggle with getting through the grief of divorce or even the loss of a pet but it doesn’t have to be that way. Grief is one of the most painful human emotions. Many people will tell you that ‘time heals all wounds.’ Or perhaps you feel that you need to work through [...]

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