Wilderness Skills for Women: How to Survive Heartbreak and Other Full-Blown Meltdowns

by Marian Jordan

From Moses to Jesus, so many heroes of the Bible had to endure some type of wilderness season in their life, a time of testing that was painful to endure but ultimately brought glory to God. In Wilderness Skills for Women , rising author/speaker Marian Jordan sees the same thing happening today as she and her friends still find themselves going through periods of isolation, temptation, sorrow, and waiting. Whether it's relationship drama, the constant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805446702
• ISBN13: 9780805446708
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: B&H Books
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Amazing book! Fun to read and tremenously helpful.

This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. The author takes "heartbreak and other full-blown meltdowns" and compares them to being in the wilderness. Then, by carefully pointing out what actions a person in the wilderness must take to survive in a comparable situation, she turns the book into an extensive analogy that she makes fun to read as well as helpful. The four types of wildernesses she describes are: (1)The wilderness of rejection (2) The wilderness of temptation (3) The wilderness of despair (4) The wilderness of unmet desires. I think everyone can identify with at least one of these wilderness experiences and many of us can recall personal adventures in all four of them. The book is filled with gems that make the reader stop and realize that she has just received a valuable nugget of wisdom. I will give just a couple of examples "Circumstances that try us, train us." - page 3. "what seems like rejection is God's protection" - page 43. Marian Jordan's analysis of the wilderness of temptation is probably the best explanation of why a loving God allows good people to suffer that I have ever heard. And she is able to take the reader through the most difficult situations in a humorous fashion that will make it hard for you to put the book down. Marian Jordan is the kind of entertaining teacher that Jesus must have been. Every woman should give herself a treat and read this book. In fact, with all the wilderness examples, I am sure that most men would enjoy it and benefit from reading the book as well.

Excellent!

I cannot put into words how EXCELLENT this book was. For anybody going through a heartbreak or difficult times and wondering "Where is God in all of this?" This is the book for you!! This book will help you take the focus off of yourself and put it where it needs to be; on God!

Excellent book

This is an excellent book, written by someone who has really experienced what she is talking about. Encouraging and inspiring. I highly recommend it.

Wilderness Skills for Women is a must read!!

Wilderness Skills for Women is a must read for ALL women! No matter what you have been through or are currently going through, you will find healing from it in this book. You will laugh your head off one minute and cry your eyes out the next and then laugh quite a bit more.:) Marian relates to her readers and uses practical ways and examples to make you see the Lord and your situation in a new light. She makes sense of it all! Marian's genuine love for her Savior is contagious. She will make you fall head over heels in love with Jesus!