Waiting in Wonder: Growing in Faith While You're Expecting - Hardcover

Larson, Catherine Claire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400321077 ISBN 13: 9781400321070

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2013

Synopsis

A devotional journal inviting women to embrace the spiritualjourney that awaits as they prepare for the high and holy calling of motherhood. 

Expecting ababy is a time of unfolding wonders―from the jolt of first heartbeat, to thebuds of tiny fingers, to the flutter of little kicks. During pregnancy, amother’s body nourishes this quiet miracle’s development. But through thetrials of morning sickness, the anticipation of labor, and the questions ofwhether she’ll be a good mother, she’ll need her own nourishment―both physicalas well as spiritual. She’ll want to nurture her own heart so that she may oneday strengthen the spiritual life of this child entrusted to her.  

Waiting in Wonder guides readers through the weeks ofpregnancy with devotions designed to encourage, strengthen, and inspire. Each devotionincludes Scripture and journaling space for writing personal thoughts, prayers,dreams, even love letters to the growing baby. And when baby is born, motherwill hold a lifelong keepsake for rereading and reliving a truly wonder-filledtime of physical change and spiritual growth. 

About this title

About the Author:

Catherine Claire Larson is a senior writer and editor of Prison Fellowship and BreakPoint. With a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in theological studies, Larson hopes to give voice to Rwandans who are involved in one of the most closely watched experiments in forgiveness in our world today.

Review:

"As the mama of six, this is a book I wished someone had given to me in the beginning. In all their holy beginnings." ANN VOSKAMP, Author of the New York Times Best Seller One Thousand Gifts 

Waiting in Wonder will point you in exactly the right direction: preparing your heart as you prepare your home to receive new life. What a marvelous gift to give--to yourself, your growing child, or any expectant woman you may know. GARY THOMAS, Author of Sacred Marriage and The Sacred Search 

Waiting in Wonder is the perfect preparation for motherhood--part instruction manual, biology lesson (in the sweetest way), and spiritual journey. MARY DEMUTH, Author of Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God 

Catherine has skillfully crafted a journal that will enlighten, inspire, and educate "mothers to be" for this momentous journey of motherhood. It leads mothers to understand the profound call God designed for women: to give birth, life, and love to precious children, whose souls will live throughout eternity. SALLY CLARKSON, Conference speaker, ministry leader, author of Mission of Motherhood

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1400321077
• ISBN 13: 9781400321070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400