Unbreaking the Heart

Unbreaking The Heart is a book about forgiveness. It not only defines forgiveness, but it teaches it's readers how to forgive. Filled with real life stories of hurt and betrayal, it leaves it's readers identifying with it's characters and reflecting on their own lives. The book is laid out as a therapeutic tool to help it's readers process through their own issues and discover the power to forgive the person that hurt them. It defines the role of love in the process of forgiveness and presents forgiveness as the emergency surgery necessary to heal a broken heart. one of the greatest things about this book is that it is written from both a theological and psychological perspective, giving permission to it's readers to be real and biblical relevant while they go through hard trials. The five phases of forgiveness are outlined in the book and help readers to know where they are in the process and better identify how they are experiencing and processing their emotions.

As you read Unbreaking the Heart, you will feel the highs and lows in the stories and you will also be able to identify with the characters. The book is written from a therapeutic model and after each chapter there is a list of "Process Questions" which helps the reader reflect and apply what they read in the chapter. The therapeutic objective of the book is to restore hope and allow love to live again by helping the reader heal from hurt and forgive the people that hurt them.

The book is written very practically and is an easy read. Leroy Scott was very interested in presenting deep psychological and theological concepts in a very simple and practical way that would help readers think deeply and heal deeply. Inspired by the fact that many people who say they have forgiven have not really forgiven at all. Because of this, anger is suppressed and all it takes is one trigger that causes the person to explode with the emotions of guilt, betrayal and fear that all stem from a broken heart.

There are so many songs about broken hearts. There are even popular songs that beg for the unbreaking of the heart. This book attempts to do that in a step by step process that ensures you have forgiven forever.