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Beyond the Mirror
Your husband or boyfriend has confessed his addiction to porn, or maybe you found it on your own. Your romance is broken. Your heart is in a million pieces. And on top of that ... you can't seem to get over the aching wound that you are not enough .
It doesn't matter what other people tell you. There is no pain that compares to this one. The burning desire to be the apple of your husband's eye and to feel like you'll never measure up, no matter how hard you try. And is life supposed to be one big beauty pageant anyway? Where is the hope and rest? Is it even possible to feel like enough ?
There is rest.
When our husband's or boyfriend's porn addiction comes out into the open it completely destroys our trust and security, not to mention our self-esteem. It's difficult to find the broken pieces of our marriage and heart, much less put them back together, especially when we have no support and we're told to just get over it or grow up.
Beyond the Mirror defines true beauty - beauty that transcends time and reflects the character of Jesus Christ vs. the counterfeit beauty that leads women down a path of endless striving. Ashley Weis, who has been down this long journey of never measuring up and then discovering her husband's lust for other women, relates to readers and challenges each of us to break the glass of our own reflections and discover the joy and freedom that is waiting beyond the mirror.
Women who want to learn how to find the beauty in the storm and feel content in who God made them to be, women who have spent their entire lives trying to live up to impossible expectations of this world and themselves, women who have felt the numbness of never being good enough ... this book is dedicated to you.
It doesn't matter what other people tell you. There is no pain that compares to this one. The burning desire to be the apple of your husband's eye and to feel like you'll never measure up, no matter how hard you try. And is life supposed to be one big beauty pageant anyway? Where is the hope and rest? Is it even possible to feel like enough ?
There is rest.
When our husband's or boyfriend's porn addiction comes out into the open it completely destroys our trust and security, not to mention our self-esteem. It's difficult to find the broken pieces of our marriage and heart, much less put them back together, especially when we have no support and we're told to just get over it or grow up.
Beyond the Mirror defines true beauty - beauty that transcends time and reflects the character of Jesus Christ vs. the counterfeit beauty that leads women down a path of endless striving. Ashley Weis, who has been down this long journey of never measuring up and then discovering her husband's lust for other women, relates to readers and challenges each of us to break the glass of our own reflections and discover the joy and freedom that is waiting beyond the mirror.
Women who want to learn how to find the beauty in the storm and feel content in who God made them to be, women who have spent their entire lives trying to live up to impossible expectations of this world and themselves, women who have felt the numbness of never being good enough ... this book is dedicated to you.
188 pages, Paperback
First published March 6, 2011
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July 19, 2011
After recently enduring the effects of my husbands porn addiction, Beyond the Mirror has been like nourishment to my starving soul. Ashley Weis has been through this battle and knows how much pain and insecurity it causes. She urges us wives to stop looking to our husbands, the world or even ourselves to define our beauty or self worth. This world's view of beauty is so distorted that it will never make us feel good enough. We need only to look to Jesus and rest in his love, knowing that He values us beyond measure. If you are hurting after discovering your husbands secret addiction, I encourage you to read this book.
I think Beyond the Mirror can even be beneficial to single or engaged women. Before I got married (or even met my husband) I was still struggling with extreme insecurities. I wish I knew about Beyond the Mirror before my wedding because I feel like it would have helped "prepare" my heart for marriage. It would have helped remind me that I can't only rely on my husband. No matter how much he loves me, he will let me down, just like I will let him down - because we are both human.
Jesus is all we really need in this life and we should be content in His grace and love. Don't ever let this world define your beauty... look beyond the mirror and look to Jesus - that is where true beauty lies.
I think Beyond the Mirror can even be beneficial to single or engaged women. Before I got married (or even met my husband) I was still struggling with extreme insecurities. I wish I knew about Beyond the Mirror before my wedding because I feel like it would have helped "prepare" my heart for marriage. It would have helped remind me that I can't only rely on my husband. No matter how much he loves me, he will let me down, just like I will let him down - because we are both human.
Jesus is all we really need in this life and we should be content in His grace and love. Don't ever let this world define your beauty... look beyond the mirror and look to Jesus - that is where true beauty lies.
January 17, 2015
I won this book through a giveaway.
I didn't realize it was a Christian themed memoir. I was under the impression it was a fictional novel.
While I don't personally believe and agree with the views of the author, I'm not going to rate this book badly because of that. I'm sure there are individuals who would find this book far more useful then I did.
I didn't realize it was a Christian themed memoir. I was under the impression it was a fictional novel.
While I don't personally believe and agree with the views of the author, I'm not going to rate this book badly because of that. I'm sure there are individuals who would find this book far more useful then I did.
July 7, 2012
So proud of this girl for opening up her heart and life on this level. I wish I had a recourse like this when I went through what she did. It would have made a world of difference to know that I was not alone. Even after all these years, it was amazing to read my own thoughts and feelings coming out of someone else.
March 16, 2012
Ridiculously moralistic and biased towards the religious right, this book is difficult to read because of the judging and somewhat hysterical tone. I put it down partway through and sent it to my local used bookstore so maybe someone whose beliefs are more in line with the author's can perhaps appreciate it.
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