Overextended and Loving Most of It
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Overextended and Loving Most of It

The Unexpected Joy of Being Harried, Heartbroken, and Hurling Oneself Off Cliffs

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eBook - ePub

Overextended and Loving Most of It

The Unexpected Joy of Being Harried, Heartbroken, and Hurling Oneself Off Cliffs

About this book

Would you consider your life stretched to the limit?

Are you a burn-the-candle-at-both-ends kind of gal with lots of room for improvement when it comes to creating margins for rest? But you actually love it and wouldn't want it any other way? Well, so does Lisa Harper.

In her humorous and packed-with-biblical-wisdom way, Lisa shows us that it is possible for a frazzled nature to be glorifying to the Lord. Every late-night conversation with a hurting friend and each precious, adopted child needing a little extra tender loving care—exhausting, yet imperative, ways to be extensions of the gospel. In each of these vignettes illustrating Lisa's overextended life, we learn that even in the middle of our own pure motives and hectic schedules, it is only by resting in God's sovereign mercy that we are able to keep risking our hearts to serve his people and fulfill the callings he has placed on us.

Real life . . . abundant life . . . godly life is about loving Jesus and the people he allows us to rub shoulders with well—which means some days you'll be stretched emotionally and physically. You'll feel overextended. Thankfully God will expand our hearts and calendars to accommodate the calling. He is in the business of supplying us with new mercies every morning . . . new candles to burn, for more lives needing his light.  

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Information

Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780849965296
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Chapter 1: Living a Jesus Way of Life
  8. Chapter 2: Middle-Aged Stretch Marks
  9. Chapter 3: Taking the Agnes Challenge
  10. Chapter 4: Blasting through Burnout
  11. Chapter 5: Can a Broken Heart Still Breathe?
  12. Chapter 6: Fattening up Our Love Capacity
  13. Chapter 7: The Glorious Stretch of Gratitude
  14. Chapter 8: The Sweetness of a Second Wind
  15. Chapter 9: Learning to Let Whatever Will Be, Be
  16. Chapter 10: Carnivorous Commodes, Towering Cliffs, and the Liberating Love of Christ
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Notes
  19. About the Author