Seasons of Life for Women : Reflections to Celebrate the Heart of a Woman

by Hardin, Karen

• ISBN13: 9781593790110
• ISBN10: 1593790112
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Harrison House Inc

Summary

In Seasons of Life, each major phase and event of womanhood is covered with grace, tender insight, and humor. The topics include -- Finding and experiencing true love; the first years of marriage; the different stages of motherhood; the thrill of becoming a grandparent; the joys and challenges of raising teens, retirement, the loss of a child; the tragedy called divorce; and many other poignant moments. These models of grace and faith will minister to your heart and touch your life in a very special way. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Karen Hardin is a seasoned missionary who, along with her husband and three children, have ministered in Asia for the past fifteen years. Also a freelance writer, her work has appeared in USA Today, Stories for the Spirit-Filled Believer, Blood and Thunder, and Charisma magazine. Still actively involved in ministry, Karen and her family make their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma Nancy Harkins excelled in painting and drawing as a young child and is primarily self-taught. Her watercolors have received awards in national and regional exhibitions and are in private and corporate collections around the country

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Promise of Spring	p. 12
Young Single	p. 14
Popularity at All Cost	p. 17
A Dangerous Game	p. 21
Women of the Bible: Rebekah	p. 24
Engagement	p. 26
Was This the Man I was to Marry?	p. 31
Preparation of the Heart	p. 33
Women of the Bible: Mary	p. 39
The Treasures of Summer	p. 42
Newly Wed	p. 44
The Sandbox	p. 48
Is the "D" Word in Your Marriage?	p. 51
Women of the Bible: Ester	p. 54
Career	p. 57
You Don't Want to Eat This Food	p. 60
Business Proposals and Potty Training	p. 63
Women of the Bible: Deborah	p. 67
Mother of Young Children	p. 69
Children Aren't Cans to be Labeled	p. 72
Don't All Mothers Wear Earplugs?	p. 76
Women of the Bible: Rachel	p. 79
Help! I'm the Mother of a Teenager	p. 81
Teen Talk	p. 84
This Can't Be My Son	p. 86
Women of the Bible: Mary, Mother of Jesus	p. 90
Midlife Adult, Still Single	p. 92
Are You a "Whole" or Do You Have a "Hole"?	p. 95
Who Said It's No Fun Being Single?	p. 98
Women of the Bible: Leah	p. 101
The Comfort of Autumn	p. 104
The Empty Nest Years	p. 106
My Nest Isn't Empty--It's Just Changing	p. 108
Cutting the Apron Strings	p. 112
Women of the Bible: Bathsheba	p. 115
Grandparenting	p. 117
The Praying Grandparent	p. 120
That's Why They Call Them Grandchildren	p. 123
Women of the Bible: Lois	p. 125
The Senior Years	p. 127
Retirement Doesn't Mean Hibernation	p. 130
My Provider	p. 133
Women of the Bible: Sarah	p. 136
Widowed	p. 138
Conquering the Spirit of Grief	p. 142
Filling the Dual Role of Mother and Father	p. 145
Women of the Bible: Ruth	p. 148
The Sunset Years	p. 151
You're Never Too Old to Touch a Life in Need	p. 155
Difficult Decisions	p. 158
Women of the Bible: Anna	p. 162
The Grace of Winter	p. 164
A Mother's Loss	p. 166
Jesus Is Making My Bed	p. 169
The Loss of a Parent	p. 175
Women of the Bible: Rizpah	p. 180
The Pain of Infertility	p. 183
Your Wasting Your Time	p. 187
The Miracle Boy	p. 191
Women of the Bible: Hannah	p. 198
Divorce	p. 201
Living in a Cave	p. 206
The Healing of a Wounded Heart	p. 214
Women of the Bible: Abigail	p. 218
It's Worse Than We Thought	p. 219
There Is No Cure	p. 223
Healing Can Be a Process	p. 231
Women of the Bible: The Woman with the Issue of Blood	p. 235
About China	p. 237
The Bike Ride	p. 239
About the Author	p. 245
About the Artist	p. 247
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