Decidedly Married

Decidedly Married
Carole Gift Page

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE?Her life looked perfect, but Julie Ryan wondered why she felt so empty inside. Why did her charming husband and teenage daughter seem so distant? Julie whispered a simple prayer, asking that her family grow closer.Suddenly her world went into a tailspin. First, a shocking suspicion about her husband, Michael. Then, just as the couple were weathering stormy emotions, their daughter made a startling confession. As Julie fought to save her family, she looked to the Lord for a helping hand…and prayed for the wisdom to understand His answers….Welcome to Love Inspired™–stories that will lift your spirits and gladden your heart. Meet men and women facing the challenges of today's world and learning important lessons about life, faith and love.

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u68d507d9-eb30-5667-a06e-296d5e382f04)

Excerpt (#u2be401f8-ec86-5ecd-99e2-7222f93cf0f2)

About the Author (#ubad337bc-259b-5edd-95d3-5cd8d9403354)

Title Page (#uadff87fa-c153-559e-bb03-67af80c887be)

Epigraph (#uc58e98be-c68f-5c85-9fa9-7b1634832ebc)

Dedication (#u5754c02a-7b49-5bcc-b656-18fbb100e5c6)

Prologue (#uf4c992f8-0f8c-5973-9ce4-fbbb59492654)

Chapter One (#u8b26852a-acac-500d-a6d1-350f4bd7401f)

Chapter Two (#u9717c083-8553-557e-9df8-e118fd5d37c7)

Chapter Three (#uced7fb58-f869-505d-b681-70b647c5b4e0)

Chapter Four (#u445efb7c-380d-5efe-b202-5dcc3c1482b6)

Chapter Five (#u4525f885-de88-5ac5-9b9c-72e80dde111f)

Chapter Six (#u1e6800ff-f265-5998-ba86-6b845ff7bb50)

Chapter Seven (#u196dd323-571c-591b-81c4-4e17e94e12b6)

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Immediately Julie reached for a pen, settled into her favorite rocker by the bedroom window and began to write…

Saturday 23 June

Heavenly Father, I don’t even know what to write in these pages, except that I feel so far removed from being the kind of loving person You want me to be. Just when I thought I could reach out to Michael, Beth intruded on our lives. How can I compete for his love when I feel such distance between us?

And Lord, help me to know how to handle Katie. Lately she’s more remote than ever. I feel as if I don’t know her, or what she really needs in her secret heart.

And Father, I ask for the miracle of discovery, of knowing myself and those I love beyond the window dressing and shiny veneer. Give our family—each one of us—the miracle of Your love!

CAROLE GIFT PAGE

writes from the heart about contemporary issues facing adults. Considered one of America’s best-loved Christian fiction writers, Carole was born and raised in Jackson, Michigan. She is the recipient of two Pacesetter awards and the C. S. Lewis Honor Book Award. Over 800 of Carole’s stories, articles and poems have been published in more than 100 Christian periodicals. She is presently under contract for her fortieth book.

A frequent speaker at conferences, schools, churches and women’s ministries around the country, Carole finds fulfillment in being able to share her testimony about the faithfulness of God in her life and the abundance He offers those who come to Him. Carole and her husband, Bill, have three children and live in Moreno Valley, California.

Decidedly Married

Carole Gift Page

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.