Synopses & Reviews
The word forgive is not, as many people think, one dimensional. It does not just mean let go and let God, a challenge for anyone who has experienced traumatizing abuse, injustice, neglect or abandonment. In The Unburdened Heart, Suzanne Eller explores with readers the multiple facets of forgiveness found in the Scriptures, focusing in particular on the idea of leaving one place to go to another. Anyone can, with the help of Gods Spirit, leave pain to find wholeness, leave regret to find purpose and leave the past to live fully in the present. The Unburdened Heart uses the power of story along with biblical teaching to lead readers into healing and a forgiving lifestyle.
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Suzie will invite you into a place of hope and healing to experience the sacred transformation that forgiveness brings.
Renee Swope, Award-winning Author of A Confident Heart
Suzie speaks with the warmth of a friend and the wisdom of a sage to one of our common struggles—forgiveness. Offering down-to-earth help built on a deep scriptural foundation, she reveals a many-layered truth that forgiveness isn’t the one-size-fits all proposition we’ve so often accepted. I feel relief and joy in realizing that God fully acknowledges the difficulties of forgiveness while still holding it up as the healing tonic against bitterness and debilitating anger.
Amy Carroll, Proverbs 31 Ministries Speaker
Suzie fills up our toolboxes not just for today but also for the future. Conflict, hurt and pain are just a part of this world. Unburdened Heart gives exactly what we need to walk in the freedom Christ died to give us . . . no matter what our circumstances!
Lynn Cowell, Founder of Wise Women . . . Wiser Daughter and Proverbs 31 Ministries Speaker, Author of His Revolutionary Love and Devotions for a Revolutionary Year
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Unburdened Heart provides both healing and hope for those who have been affected by circumstances that have left them scarred and scared. While Satan may seek to tightly wind the chains of bitterness, anger and unforgiveness around our wounded hearts by tempting us with wrong thinking and the destructive counter-productive actions that result, this book teaches how to release the hurt and move forward—free, whole and holy.
Karen Ehman, Proverbs 31 Ministries Director of Speakers and Author LET. IT. GO.
More times than not, forgiveness is a process instead of an event. It’s costly and painful, yet freeing and beautiful. In Unburdened Heart, my friend Suzie Eller handles this topic with truth and grace. If you’ve got an unhealed area in your soul, I ask you to go on this journey with her. Trust her to hold your hand and lead you to places of grace and healing. Freedom waits for you on the other side.
Susie Larson, Co-host of Focus on the Family’s Everyday Relationships with Dr. Greg Smalley, Host of Live the Promise and Author of Your Beautiful Purpose
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There is incredible freedom in living a life of grace and mercy. Suzie Eller believes that, lives that and shows us how to walk the road to experience that ourselves. Do you need to unburden your heart and experience freedom from the hurts of the past? You can start today by opening the pages of this powerful book.
Jill Savage, CEO of Hearts at Home and Author of No More Perfect Moms
Susie plays all the right notes when it comes to addressing the tender and varied subject of hurting. Forgoing cloying and trite, her writing brings a much-needed and appreciated directness to those are broken and presents advice and hopeful perspectives for healing and change.
Julie Barnhill, Speaker and Author of Scandalous Grace
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Being hurt and heartbroken is a sad reality for most of us. But I'm so thankful for this treasure of a book written by my friend Suzie Eller. Page by page, Suzie will help you understand how God's truth can heal your pain so you can move forward whole and healed.
- Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times Bestselling Author; President of Proverbs 31 Ministries
The message of The Mended Heart is especially uplifting. The author beautifully emphasizes the redemptive power of Jesus and his glorious triumph of overcoming the plight of this worlda much-needed message to those carrying the burden of their personal sufferings. As a biblical counselor, I repeatedly come face-to-face with clients bearing the weight of their own brokenness and in need of a mended heart.” Readers who have ever known strife caused by adversity and worry will find this book to be an invaluable read as they discover the battle has been won, by what Jesus has already done for us on the cross.
Christina Calk, Board Certified Biblical Counselor; Family Pastor at Praxis Community Church
If youve ever felt too broken for God to fix, then The Mended Heart is for you. Suzie Eller takes you by the hand and guides you step-by-step toward the only Source that offers complete wholeness. Each chapter exclaims, Theres no hurt God cant heal.” Do yourself a favor. Read this book!
Micca Campbell, Author and Speaker, Proverbs 31 Ministries
The Mended Heart is part challenge, honest storytelling, and deep, deep encouragement for anyone who has experienced loss, betrayal or pain. Eller acts as a gentle guide, shepherding you through your pain to find wholeness and purpose on the other side. Tenderly told, and filled to the brim with Jesus, this book will prove to be a blessing to many.
Mary DeMuth, Author, The Wall Around Your Heart: How Jesus Heals You When Others Hurt You; Blogger at Your Life Uncaged, MaryDeMuth.com
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If you have experienced a broken heart due to pain, disappointment, and hurt inflicted by others or because of your own wrong choices, read this book. In
The Mended Heart Suzie Eller reveals life-changing biblical principles and answers the tough questions we are sometimes afraid to ask. The Just You and God” section will lead you step-by step on a journey to healing. Dont miss this important book!
Carol Kent, Speaker and Bestselling Author, When I Lay My Isaac Down and Unquenchable: Grow a Wildfire Faith that Will Endure Anything
"What You Don't Have to Do," the first chapter in Suzanne Eller's The Mended Heart, hooked me. It wasn't one of those books that gives simplistic formulas to solve all problems and make us feel guilty because they don't work. Eller writes with a warm sensitivity as she touches the wounded places. She writes with compassion that helps us cope with the worst of painalways reminding us that God's love mends our hearts.
Cecil Murphey, Author or co-author of more than 130 books, including I Believe in Heaven and I Believe in Healing, and bestsellers, 90 Minutes in Heaven and Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story.
In Mended Heart, Suzanne Eller holds her readers' broken hearts in tender hands as she layers healing truths about Jesus, the Healer. She skillfully communicates both the realities of our hurtswhether self-inflicted or caused by othersand the undeniable Hope for living whole again. Hope with a name--Jesus. Don't skip the questions and answers at the end of the book. Eller's empathy and practicality shine brightly in these "ask the author" pages.
Cynthia Ruchti, Speaker and Author of Ragged Hope: Surviving the Fallout of Other People's Choices
About the Author
Suzanne Eller is a Proverbs 31 Ministries author and speaker. She has ministered throughout Europe, Central America and the Caribbean, as well as the U.S., in addition to writing numerous articles and contributing to more than 30 books. She is the author of The Mom I Want to Be and The Woman I Am Becoming and has been featured on Focus on the Family, Aspiring Women and many other programs.