In This Very Hour : Devotions in Your Time of Need: Loss of a Relationship

"No matter who or what's been taken from you, remember God's presence and love are secure. Keep your eyes fixed on the cross and don't give up."

This daily devotional guide begins with two true stories of the Power of faith.

One evening, Jill's husband of seventeen years announced that he was in love with her best friend, who was also their neighbor, his employee, and newly divorced. After living for months with rejection and despair, Jill found peace in the Word of God. "I decided to serve God by showing Tim I loved him and not by trying to change him" she writes. "Changing a heart is God's responsibility, not mine." Her faith eventually saved her though their old relationship is lost, it was replaced by a new and stronger one.

Laura's story began with the days following her father's funeral. His young girlfriend stole his belongings and claimed his life insurance. His first wife lashed out. Laura's halfbrother rejected her friendship. Facing the loss of her modest inheritance and shunned by family members, she looked to God for answers. "I turned my back on vengeance and chose to walk the path of forgiveness," she says. "Others could steal my father's possessions and even his heart, but they couldn't steal God."