The Relief of Imperfection

For Women Who Try Too Hard to Make It Just Right

Joan C. Webb

• Publisher: Revell
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781441226075
• Topic: Theology & Religion

"Dear Lord, I pray that all limitations, weaknesses, defects, pain, hurt, mistakes, embarrassment, and imperfection in my personal and public life, relationships and circumstances be eliminated." This book is for any woman who has ever prayed this prayer or for the one who has even thought it. Joan Webb, a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, knows how hard it is for determined and caring women to step into the relief of imperfection. And yet, this is exactly what God wants for us.

The Relief of Imperfection encourages the reader to believe the truth about God, others, herself, and her reality, thus eventually releasing her from the pursuit of perfection to relax in the relief of imperfection. Webb provides real-life stories, including how Jesus lived in the midst of imperfect surroundings, to show that it is okay with God to cease trying to appear perfect and have all the right answers all the time. Readers will find permission to stop pretending and start enjoying authentic, intimate relationships with others, with themselves, and with God.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Appreciation
• Foreword: By Nancy Kennedy
• Read This First!
• Preparing for Relief: What’s Wrong with Perfection?
• The Relief of: Imperfect Relationships and Families
• The Relief of: Imperfect Emotions, Minds and Bodies
• The Relief of: Imperfect Life-Work and Service
• The Relief of: Imperfect Churches and Culture
• The Relief of: Imperfect Dreams, Plans and Decisions
• The Relief of: Imperfect Faith, Prayer and Spirituality
• The Promise of Relief: The Smile of Imperfection
• Endnotes
• Interacting with the Author