Husband, Where Are You?

By Leslie Bland

Husband, Where Are You? Her whole life, Yvette has had a longing desire to one day marry and have children. But Yvette is “looking for love in all the wrong places.” This is the story of her journey to meeting the man of her dreams, her soul mate who would love her unconditionally and wholeheartedly and heal her lonely heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667185514

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Husband, Where Are You?

By

Leslie Y. Bland

Copyright © 2021 by Leslie Y. Bland

All rights reserved.

This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations in a book review.

Printed in the United States of America

First printing, 2021

ISBN 9781667185514

Editing by Stephanie Mitchell

Front Cover Image by Jill Wellington

Back Cover Image by Valentin Antonucci

Book Cover Design & Formatting by Charnice Hale of C.P. Hale Innovations Estate LLC

Acknowledgements

For helping make this book possible, I would like to thank:

God, my pastors Kenneth and Lenyar Robinson of Dream Life Worship Center of Maryland, my mother (rest in peace), A. Christine Bland, Spring of Hope prayer ministry, Melissa Varner, Elizabeth Jakubiak, Stella Maris, Joseph McCray of McCray Lectures/Author’s Corner, my editor Stephanie Mitchell, my musical arranger and bass player brother Ronald Bland and music producer Melton Roper of FeNIIX.

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Hopeless Heart?

A New Season

First Big Lesson

The Long Journey Home

Conclusion

Prayer

Glossary

Women’s Resources

Introduction

So many young girls grow up dreaming of meeting their Prince Charming and living happily ever after, like in the fairy tales. This book is dedicated to women who dream of getting married or of remarriage.

 Picture 1726  Picture 1728  Picture 1735  Picture 1743  Picture 1746  Picture 1745  Picture 1750 I’d like to tell you the story of my friend Yvette, whom I knew very well growing up, and about her desire to one day meet her soulmate, her husband, get married and start a family. Yvette grew up longing for love and finding it in all the wrong places. After a lifetime of searching, trials and tribulations, Yvette learns that her search for a husband cannot give her what she needs. There are deep-rooted issues from childhood she has to heal from before she can be confident, free to love and free to receive pure love.

And so Yvette begins a healing journey. She comes back to her first love and begins to embrace the love and acceptance the Father has for her. After finding, reconnecting and accepting the true love of the Father, she begins to find strength and healing in the presence of God, in meditating on the word of God and through prayer counseling. Her first goal becomes to love the Lord with all her heart, soul and mind, and her second to love others as herself (Mt. 22:37–39). She learns to believe the word of God when He said, I have loved you with an everlasting love: I have drawn you with loving kindness (Jer. 31:3). He is a jealous God (Isa. 42:8) and desires to be first place in our life.

After reading about her many trials and tribulations, Yvette wants you to know you can be free, you can be healed, it’s never too late and you are not alone. Be assured these things come to make you strong. Be confident in knowing that "all things