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Women long to be loved, to be known, to be understood. But who can meet those needs at their deepest level? Only the One who created women--who knows them by name and who designed them--can bring fulfillment that truly satisfies. Letting God Meet Your Emotional Needs shows how God desires to help every woman: I need acceptance... God loves, forgives, and accepts I need security... God promises He will never leave I need to feel pretty... Christ sees me as new, spotless I need a companion... He is the perfect friend I need communication... He talks to me intimately through His Word Formerly Heart Hunger.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 mars 2003
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736936101
Langue	English

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Except where otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations in this book are taken from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations markedNIVare taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permis-sion of Zondervan Publishing House. The “NIV” and “New International Version” trade-marks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Ofﬁce by International Bible Society.

Scripture quotations markedKJVare taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publications Data McMenamin, Cindi, 1965– Letting God meet your emotional needs / Cindi McMenamin. p. cm. ISBN 0-7369-1095-6 (pbk.) 1. Christian Women—Religious life. 2. Emotions—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BV4527 .M432 2003 248.8'43—dc21 2002013754

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For my daughter, Dana Katherine, and for women, everywhere, who long for something more…

Acknowledgments

My heartfelt thanks to…

• the special women who have let me share their stories throughout the pages of this book so that others might come to a better understanding of our Savior’s love.

• my parents for letting me share the “untold stories” of our past for the sake of God’s glory.

• my husband, Hugh, for loving me, encourag-ing me, and believing in my dream.

• my editor, Steve Miller, whose good eye, gentle encouragement, and gracious enthusi-asm guided me through this project.

And I am forever grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ for giving me the inspiration and the words…and for being the Lover of my Soul.

Longing for Love

Contents

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PARTI: GETTINGSTARTED

1. Finding the One Who Will Satisfy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. Knowing He Accepts Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3. Realizing He’ll Never Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4. Understanding How He Sees Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

PARTII: GROWINGTOGETHER

5. Approaching Him with Conﬁdence . . . . . . . . . . . 73 6. Making Him My Best Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 7. Clinging to What He Desires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 8. Avoiding What He Dislikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 9. Listening to His Loving Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

PARTIII: GOING THEDISTANCE

10. Discovering a New Lineage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 11. Living with a New Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 12. Experiencing a Future Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

A Parting Encouragement: Giving Him Your All . . . 215 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Longing forLove

Dream with me, for a moment, about the perfect man:

He’s my protector. My provider. He gives me secu-rity and soothes my nerves after a rough day. He reju-venates me and encourages me, just when I need it. And he points me in the right direction with wonderful, godly advice. Although I fear the future or my own fail-ure at times, I don’t need to. He’s always by my side, both physically and emotionally to get me through what lies ahead. He comforts me and puts me at ease when I face tension or opposition. He makes me feel special and called, assuring me of my purpose in life. His love for me is all I will ever need. I’m conﬁdent that I will expe-rience happiness and joy the rest of my life because he and I will be together forever.

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? But, ﬁnding that kind of fulﬁllment in love is possible for meandfor you. That’s because the “Dream Man” I described really exists. My description is actually a paraphrase of Psalm 23 in today’s language—a psalm written thousands of years ago by a young shepherd boy named David about the God he had come to know intimately. You and I, as women longing for more, can know the Lord Jesus as our “Perfect Husband,” just as David knew Him as his “Good Shepherd.”

8 LETTINGGODMEETYOUREMOTIONALNEEDS

Unfortunately, it took several years for me to come to the realization that the Lord—not my husband, friend, or anyone else—must be the One to meet my needs. For years, I refused to give in to the idea that my Prince Charming was lacking in some way. After all, I had mar-ried a man who communicated beautifully through let-ters, demonstrated tenderness just when I needed it, and responded to my needs in a sensitive and loving way. For four years, we were in wedded bliss! Then two things happened: He became a full-time pastor and I became a full-time mother. He suddenly faced the pressure of meet-ing the spiritual needs of a new congregation and was soon preoccupied and, at times, overwhelmed. I was at home with an infant, adjusting to the changes in my life, feeling neglected by my husband and longing for some emotional connection. The problem was that I wasn’t going to the Lord for my fulﬁllment. I was looking to a person—my husband— to ﬁll the emotional void in my life. For that matter, any time we look to a person for our fulﬁllment—a friend, lover, parent, child, or anyone else—we end up feeling shortchanged because, as we will see throughout the pages of this book, no one but the Lord can satisfy. Refusing to admit my husband wasunableto meet my needs, I continued to press him to try harder. He began feeling more and more like he couldn’t make the mark with me. And I began to feel that our situation was hope-less. Through frustration, disappointment, and much prayer and study of the Word I ﬁnally came face-to-face with the realization that my husband—and anyone else, for that matter—will never be able to be all I expect and need of him. He can’t pick up on my insecurities and ﬁll the void that wells up inside me sometimes. He can’t read my mind and know what I need to hear to make me feel loved and comforted. He can’t be my all-in-all so I can go

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