I read this book via an Amazon KU [KINDLE Unlimited] download.

When one talks about being broken, I find that most times, it means to be brokenhearted. Growing up as a child of the 1950s, I can remember loving listening to The Bee Gees singing "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" in 1971. However, being 70-years-old and trying to be a good Christian woman, the song has taken on a somewhat different meaning, a meaning fraught with Scripture.

Like the author, many of us are brokenhearted for one reason or another. Putting a broken heart in its simplest terms, a broken happens whenever a loved one has gone home to be with the Lord or after an occurrence has caused grief in an individual's life. However, as Christians, we should have come to realize that the Bible is fraught with verses capable of reassuring and moving the brokenhearted.

As Christians, regarding feeling brokenhearted, we need to remember what we read in PSALM 34:18 [NLT]:

"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed."

We also need to remember two things about the Lord in regards to a broken heart:

"The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth." PSALM 145:18 [NKJV], and more importantly:

"He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds." PSALM 147:3 [NLT]

We're told in Scripture that the Lord has a definitive plan for each of us. If this is the case, then the feeling of us possessing a broken heart might be part and parcel of the Lord's divine plans He has for each one of us. Furthermore, we get reminded that for "everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: ECCLESIASTES 3:1 [NKJV], verses 2-8 go into specifics.

In this interactive book, author Dorita Ashburn begins to share her transformational experiences from being broken to being a whole individual once more. At the end of each section, the author raises a question and provides her readers with some self-examining thoughts about what she wrote, culminating with an appropriate Scripture quote.

An important message that this book seems to be communicating is that in attempting to mend our broken hearts, we should be doing is found in PROVERBS 3:5 [NLT]:

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding."

For wanting to transform the lives of her broken readers, I've given Ms. Ashburn the 5 STARS she has garnered from this voracious reviewer of Christian books. ( )