Hope No Matter What: Helping Your Children Heal After Divorce [Paperback]

Kim Hill (Author), Lisa Harper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2008

Divorced parents desperate to help ease their childrens’ pain after divorce will welcome Hope No Matter What. This interactive devotional will help single parents guide their child/children through the fallout of divorce by offering hope through faith in God with assurance of His steadfast mercy. Birthed out of Kim Hill’s personal story, this book blazes a trail for parents and children to process their feelings, express their fears and focus on God’s faithfulness in spite of their sadness and disappointment. Parents concerned about their children’s emotional and spiritual wellbeing will find this book opens the door to meaningful conversations so as to calm fears and dispel emotional confusion. Each part of the 31-day devotional includes a lyric from one of her songs, a devotion, a Scripture and a prayer with a directed activity for parent/child interaction.

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From the Back Cover

If you are suffering from the heartbreak of divorce, you need to know there’s the promise of hope and healing for you and your child (or children). You can open the door to your child’s heart and lead them to experience God’s healing of the wounds that divorce has inflicted on your family. In this interactive devotional, recording artist Kim Hill offers help to single parents for guiding their child/children through the fallout of divorce by offering hope through faith in God with assurance of His steadfast mercy. Birthed out of Kim’s personal story, this book blazes a trail for parents and children to process their feelings, express their fears and focus on God’s faithfulness in spite of their sadness and disappointment. Parents concerned about their children’s emotional and spiritual wellbeing will find this book opens the door to meaningful conversations, calming fears and dispelling emotional confusion. Each part of the 31-day devotional includes a devotion, a Scripture and a prayer with a directed activity for parent/child interaction.  “As you take your child’s hand and walk forward one step at a time, I pray God’s unexplainable peace will surround your heart and mind.”
—Kim Hill

About the Author

KIM HILL has been a celebrated Grammy nominee, three-time Dove award-winning CCM recording artist with more than 13 albums and a popular worship leader at women’s conferences for the past 10 years. After experiencing her own divorce in 2001, Kim recorded a CD of songs written to help comfort her own children through their personal tragedy that coincided within days of our nation’s tragedy on September 11th. The songs and this book were based on nighttime talks and prayers that Kim actually experienced with her two boys (4 and 8-years old) in the first year post divorce.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Regal (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830745157
• ISBN-13: 978-0830745159
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #610,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what we needed!, March 23, 2008

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C. School "A.N." (dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hope No Matter What: Helping Your Children Heal After Divorce (Paperback)

A Christian friend who knew that my children and I had experienced a painful divorce recommended I read Kim's book. I have really enjoyed pouring through its comforting truths.

I truly wish I'd had something like this book when I began guiding myself and my kids through our deeply personal nightmare. All I had for my kids other than scripture was a very factual book given by a counselor to help get things 'out into the open,' but not the life-affirming hope and comfort Kim's book offers. Her honesty about God's response to our vulnerabilities and hurts is refreshing, and the pages weave in much-needed biblical reassurance in a kid-friendly--yet not sugary--way. And when as the parent, I was barely hanging on myself, books for children were what spoke to me. It was as much as my mind and heart could absorb at that difficult time, so I think the book will serve many a 'dual-purpose.' This book will affirm that God's love will indeed heal your children...and you as well.

Listen to her companion cd as you read. What an amazing voice!...like a salve to soothe raw wounds.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Resource for Kids and Families Impacted by Divorce, April 2, 2008

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D. Weber (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hope No Matter What: Helping Your Children Heal After Divorce (Paperback)

I have been a fan of Kim Hill's music for many years. With her deep, rich voice she has recorded many songs of praise and worship as well as contemporary songs of faith. I first encountered Hope No Matter What through Kim's recording of songs by that name. The songs were written to bring hope and comfort to her children and to other kids experiencing the heartache of their parents' divorce. Yet the words of these songs can speak truth and encouragement to any child or adult.

Hope No Matter What, Kim's book by the same name, takes the words of these songs and fleshes them out through personal stories and biblical truths and puts them in the words and tone of a friend. This unique book is visually kid-friendly and includes simple, creative exercises to help children (or adults) process their thoughts and feelings about their parents' divorce or other heartache. Kim shares her own story as she talked, prayed and sang with her boys as they processed the pain of divorce in their family. She offers help to others by providing a creative tool for engaging with their own kids and most importantly teaching them to call out to God, the One constant source of love and hope in this life. Though this book speaks specifically to the pain and trauma of divorce, much of it applies to the inevitable experience of pain and disappointment that is part of growing up. A child who engages with this book will learn how to honestly relate his feelings to others and to trust in the help of his loving God. A child who experiences this process, especially in the company of a loving parent, will be better equipped for many of life's experiences as a child and as an adult.

This is not a "how to " book but rather a book that can take a family gently by the hand and help them find the way through on a difficult journey. I highly recommend this book to any family that has been touched by divorce. Hope No Matter What (the book and the CD) would be a kind gift for a friend raising kids in a home impacted by divorce.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have For Parents, Church Leaders, Aunts, Uncles...., April 30, 2008

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Pauline H. Tomlinson (Ooltewah, TN) - See all my reviews
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Hope No Matter What: Helping Your Children Heal After Divorce
Kim's unique method of connecting with children is so AWESOME in this book. Hill is so tender in the way she brings God's promise of Peace, Love and Hope (no matter what) to children in the midst of their vulnerability. Each devotion and interactive activity reiterates God's love for us and HIS promise that He will never forsake us-NO MATTER WHAT! How COOL is that!!! We as parents, aunts, uncles, church leaders, school teachers, and friends need to be reminded of this as well as we journey through life's bumps. I have shared this book along with Kim's CD by the same name, to several friends who are in the midst of divorce as they comfort their children. Reading and experiencing this book with your child can bring you closer as you explore God's LOVE for each of you through this most difficult time in the life of your family.