If you have a Bible, start with the new testament. I have been told it is easier to start there and then read the old testament. You can go to the turning point website and check it out.

I've been working on bettering myself and becoming a stronger christian woman. There's a website www.reviveourhearts.com that has a lot of inspirational stuff. I may not agree with their interpretation all the time but it has still helped me out. And then there is this blog by a girl who has an etsy shop but she writes about other stuff as well. Her husband was in prison for 18 months and it's just inspirational to me to see how successful her life was during that time. Reminds me to not just sit on my butt and mope. ellaryeboutique.blogspot.com

As for praying, I don't have any book ideas just some advice. I usually just say what's on my mind to God. When this all happened, I even yelled at him, blaming him (unjustly) for the mess that was going on. I still thanked him for the good things, like our beautiful 5 month old daughter. But most of the time my prayers are just pleas to Him, asking for help to make it through. Sometimes you've just got to talk and in our situation, there may not be many people who understand, so it's nice to just lay it out there and tell God. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to pray. Just go some place quite and say whats on your mind.

I hope that helps. I can definitely throw in a prayer for you and ask that you find a way to get some relief. You may even just google prayer groups and see if you can find an online group you like. I know this sucks for all of us but it's just a moment in time and it will pass.

I pray all day. In my office at work, on the road, at home where ever. There are several types of prayers. There's the thanksgiving prayer which is thanking God for what you already have been blessed with, a prayer where you are asking for a specific "request" (forgot the name of this one) and one where you are praying in general for the well being of yourself, family or forgiveness etc (forgot name of this type of prayer too). You could start off learning the Lord's prayer because it "covers a lot of bases" in that one prayer. I say it every night. You can pray in your head in addition to on your knees out loud, there's not real rules with praying. That's what I love about it. I will tell you that prayer works! Not always when we want it to but it does. Hang in there!

Yes, prayer helps as I pray every night and every morning and lots during the day. Most of the time I just talk to God about what's going on in my life and ask for his help to get through each day.

Thank you all for the support and guidance. I've been feeling lost lately. I hope this helps me.

I like to read the psalms when I'm feeling overwhelmed or confused. There are songs of joy, cries for help, words of frustration, a lot of feelings and thought-provoking stuff.