“If our families are to flourish, we will need to learn and practice ways of forgiving those who have had the greatest impact upon us: our mothers and fathers.” 

Do you struggle with the deep pain of a broken relationship with a parent? 

Leslie Leyland Fields and Dr. Jill Hubbard invite you to walk with them as they explore the following questions: 

• What does the Bible say about forgiveness? Why must we forgive at all?  

• How do we honor those who act dishonorably toward us, especially when those people are as influential as our parents? * Can we ever break free from the “sins of our fathers”? 

What does forgiveness look like in the lives of real parents and children? Does forgiveness mean I have to let an estranged parent back into my life? Is it possible to forgive a parent who has passed away? 

Through the authors’ own compelling personal stories combined with a fresh look at the Scriptures,Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers illustrates and instructs in the practice of authentic forgiveness, leading you away from hate and hurt toward healing, hope, and freedom.

Want to know what I’m an expert at? Holding at grudge. Yep, it’s true. It’s not something I’m proud of. Forgiveness is something we all struggle with.

This book takes you on a journey of forgiveness. It does an excellent job of connecting with someone whose parents have blown it. And let’s face it, we’ve all blown it at one point or another as parents. This book shows readers how to process the pain through a scriptural filter and releases them into the freedom of their future made possible by God’s grace in Christ.

There are children that went through terrible horrors at the hands of their parents. I’ve always wondered how the commandment “Honor Thy Mother and Father” fit into the lives of such children. How could they honor people that did not honor them? The author uses biblical characters to help explain the process of forgiving. The author draws you into each chapter with reflective questions at the end. I can easily see this book for those who have a difficult time forgiving Aunts, friends, Uncles, Brother and Sisters. I could see this book being used in a healing ministry discussion group. Overall, this book was very good at teaching how to forgive and I recommend anyone who has experienced hurt to read it.

This book was provided to me free of charge by Book Look in return for my honest review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

About the book:

Reviewers continue to rave about And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets To Purity. But the greatest proof of it’s effect is in the lives of tens of thousands of young women who’ve embraced the book’s message. Each chapter of And the Bride Wore White begins with a narrative of Dannah Gresh’s young love life, taken from her own teenage journals. She transparently shares her struggles and successes, her moments of pain followed by healing and the moments of triumph. 

This story-line grips the young reader while they learn statistically proven risk-reduction factors. The end result are usable “how-to-say-no” skills that can reduce the risk of a young woman’s heart being broken by sexual sin. In this update, Dannah and her friends share open letters of encouragement to young women, one for those who chose life and another to those who chose abortion, a letter to teen girls addicted to pornography and another to girls who have experienced sexual abuse, and many more specific to a young woman’s unique circumstances. 

Over 250,000 copies sold!

When I was growing up, I didn’t have a purity ring. I didn’t have limits set or a plan of action. I had the church simply saying “don’t do it or God will be mad”. I wish I had heard that purity was beautiful. Valuable. Precious. An amazing gift given to us by God to give to our spouse. I wish purity had been a bigger topic among my circle. I wish I had been told that God’s grace is bigger than the choices we make. I wish I had heard that we are all sinners. I wish I had heard more about forgiveness rather than being scoffed at.

Those are the exact reasons I was so over-the-moon excited to read this book! I have a teenage daughter who thankfully does have a plan of action and a purity ring. But I still want to learn and do all I can to help her (and my son).

The book begins with an introduction from the author with a very honest and heartfelt introduction which sets your mind at ease and comforts you that she is not there to judge, but to gently lead & guide. How absolutely comforting to be told right from the start you won’t be judged! The chapters cover everything from Satan’s lies, purity speaks boldly, guidance, the truth about sex, etc. Throughout the book, there are little stories on the sides of the pages written by other teens and young women. The “no judgement” statement rings true throughout the book. It is filled with honest stories of their own personal choices, why they made their choices to remain pure and of some who didn’t and why they regretted their past mistakes. The book truly touches upon everything and is a wonderful inspiring and much needed Christian resource in your home with girls.

The book gives sound Biblical principles on why it’s truly in the best interest of your daughter (and her future husband) to stay pure until marriage. I think it’s a wonderful, heartfelt and honest book that every teen girl would be blessed to read and keep on their personal bookshelf. This book does speak openly about sex, so I wouldn’t recommend it for younger pre-teen girls but more for your 14-15 years and up.

I was given this book by Moody Publishers for the purpose of this review.