Peanut Butter and Dragon Wings
A Mother's Search for Grace
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Longing for permission to be real about your own needs and struggles? Permission granted.
As good Christian moms, we’re not supposed to ask for much. Jesus meets all our needs and we’re the light of the world to everybody else, right? Wrong.
Shari Zook appeared to be an overachieving supermom who deftly supported her pastor-husband and their congregation, looked after their children, and cared for foster children through the ups and downs of placements. But inside, her world was growing increasingly desperate as she struggled with the grief of miscarriage, parenting a difficult child, and spiraling depression.
In her darkest hour, Zook let go of her need to appear super-human and reached out to receive God’s unfolding grace. With humor and artistry, Peanut Butter and Dragon Wings gives us permission to step out from behind the appearance of rose-filtered perfection and embrace the authenticity of honest need and human limitations. In the book’s twelve chapters you’ll find twelve practical ways to reach for a faith that includes doubt, and holiness that includes failure.
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In this stimulating debut, Confessions of a Woman Learning to Live blogger Zook encourages Christian mothers to be honest about their needs and trust in God's plan. As a foster parent, pastor's wife, and mother of four children, Zook felt pressured to live up to societal expectations of perfectionism, and here reveals her experiences dealing with depression, grief, and parenting a hyperactive child who doesn't "fit the mold" and required counseling. To get through her tribulations, Zook had to admit her needs, seek professional help for herself, and openly speak about her stress. She also emphasizes the importance of being vulnerable and having solid friendships: "Friendships with women teach me about relational vulnerability, the hard work of bonding... I learn to make space." She also shares how she learned to seek God within difficult experiences and challenges women to explore hard questions, such as "Who is God and what does he want me to do?" Ultimately, Zook points Christian moms to God's grace and reminds them that nothing in their lives "has been outside divine orchestration and redemption." Reader who enjoy the work of Lysa TerKeurst should take a look.
