Love Life Again: Finding Joy When Life Is Hard

by Tracie Miles

Overview

In Love Life Again, Tracie reminds readers they each get only one life to live and inspires them not to take it for granted. Through compelling personal stories and powerful insights from Scripture, she helps women identify the stumbling blocks to their joy and offers tools and insights to take back control of their happiness.
 
Every chapter ends with a practical call to action to motivate readers to begin loving their lives again. She also offers reflection questions, prayers, and creative ideas to help readers smile. Love Life Again helps readers learn how to live the abundant lives Jesus died for them to have, despite the circumstances they may face.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434710154
Publisher:	David C Cook
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,162,464
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Tracie Miles is a successful author and the director of Compel Training with Proverbs 31 Ministries. She has written six bestselling books and contributes to numerous devotionals that reach millions of Christian women around the world. Tracie has three grown children and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at traciemiles.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    13
Introduction    17
1. Embrace Contentment     23
2. Recognize Your Value     39
3. Love Yourself   55
4. Accept Forgiveness    71
5. Forgive and Forget    83
6. Conquer Loneliness    95
7. Be a Friend     113
8. Laugh More     125
9. Turn Complaining into Praising    139
10. Stop Stressing over the Future    153
11. Develop a Thankful Heart    171
12. Be the Answer to Someone’s Prayer    185
13. Reignite Your Faith     197
Conclusion     209
Notes    219

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2018
Miles (Unsinkable Faith), a speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries, shares her belief that one can overcome even the most disappointing and tragic circumstances through the daily, persistent pursuit of joy. She begins by divulging her shame and despair after her marriage of 26 years ended in divorce. Still depressed a year later, she slowly began taking steps to reinvent her life: she went back to church, got involved in ministry, started playing tennis again, and began spending more time with friends and family. “The life you are living today,” she realized, “all it includes or doesn’t include, is the life God has given you. You can choose to be content and joyful, or you can choose to be disgruntled and sad.” She goes on to list 14 actions for Christian women to consider when facing their own “worst case scenarios,” encouraging them to recognize their intrinsic value (apart from career or financial success), make amends for past mistakes, offer others forgiveness, and conquer loneliness by concentrating on being a good friend to others. Miles challenges readers to search for the good amid struggles, and many will find her story inspiring. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

When I got a copy of this book, I read it cover to cover in one sitting. It was exactly what my heart needed. In Love Life Again, Tracie openly shares her life struggles in a way that you know she understands the pain of disappointment. Her depth of faith, mixed with practical ways to move forward with joy, will inspire you to love your life again! This is a great life-transforming book!”
 

Courtney Joseph

We’ve all experienced it. A difficult season in life when struggles are plentiful, joy is fleeting, and hope seems just outside our reach. That’s why I’m so excited about Tracie Miles’s newest book, Love Life Again. It’s overflowing with encouragement, truth, and practical tips to help shift our thinking in a positive direction. Each chapter is filled with rich insights that will lighten your soul and ignite hope in your heart again. Tracie reminds us all that we’re not on this earth to simply survive. We’re here to thrive and live an abundant life through Christ ... today and every day.”
 

Leah DiPascal

Wow! Yes! Tracie Miles shines her flashlight into the dark cave, and she welcomes us to walk back into the light."
 

Tricia Lott Williford

I know a book is going to be really good when, by chapter 1, I’ve started making a mental list of all of the people who need to read it. If I knew you, you’d be on the list. Short story: read this book because it’s more than a book. It’s a key that unlocks the door to the life you were made for.”
 

Jennifer Dukes Lee

When there’s a big difference between what you expect in life and what you get in life, disappointment, discouragement, and even despair can overwhelm you. In Love Life Again, Tracie reaches out as a compassionate and candid friend, opening her heart, sharing her own experiences, and offering Christ-centered tools to help you choose new ways to truly love your one-and-only life.”
 

Cheri Gregory