Full Description
In Groaning in Labor, Growing in Hope, Jessica Mannen Kimmet, a mom of three, offers a collection of Scripture readings and reflections that speak to the challenges of transitioning to motherhood. Kimmet shares her experience of postpartum depression and raising young children, and how Scripture and prayer helped her to reframe painful experiences and offer companionship in struggle. By taking whatever scraps of time that can be spared, Kimmet hopes readers will find a healing God present in the upheavals of this season of life, and will return to prayer even though that practice will look and feel different. This resource includes lectio divina for moms, Scripture references for overwhelming times, a litany of saints for postpartum struggles, and more.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Part I: Seeds of Healing 9
Chapter 1: Groaning in Labor (Rom 8:22-24a) 11
Chapter 2: A New Heart (Ezek 36:26-27) 16
Chapter 3: Wait for God (Ps 42:6) 22
Part II: Companions in the Sorrow 27
Chapter 4: All She Had (Mark 12:42-44) 29
Chapter 5: Woman, Why Are You Weeping? (John 20:15-16) 34
Chapter 6: A Sword Will Pierce (Luke 2:33-35) 38
Chapter 7: Take the Child and His Mother (Matt 2:13-15) 44
Part III: Practical Strategies 49
Chapter 8: Everything That Has Breath (Ps 150:6) 51
Chapter 9: Wonderfully Made (Ps 139:13-14) 57
Chapter 10: Speak to the Earth (Job 12:7-10) 63
Chapter 11: Give You Rest (Matt 11:28-30) 67
Closing Benediction: All Things New (Rev 21:3-5a) 71
Appendix 75
A. Lectio Divina for Moms 75
B. Briefer Scriptures for Overwhelming Times 77
C. A Litany of Saints for Postpartum Struggles 79
D. Other Resources 85
