When life doesn't match your dreams : hope for today from 12 women of the Bible /
Jill Eileen Smith.
- 216 pages ; 22 cm
Eve - will life ever be right again? -- Noah's wife - surviving a world gone crazy -- Sarai - abandoned but not forgotten -- Hagar - does anybody see me? -- Lot's wife - don't look back -- Rebekah - doing the wrong thing for the right reasons -- Rachel - betrayed by one who was supposed to protect -- Leah - a risky chance at love -- Dinah - choices that change everything -- Potiphar's wife - desperately trying to fill the emptiness -- Tamar - futile words, broken promises, bold solutions -- Zipporah - when we wrestle with God. Introduction -- Eve: will life ever be right again? -- Adah (Noah's wife): surviving a world gone crazy -- Sarai: abandoned but not forgotten -- Hagar: does anybody see me? -- Melah (Lot's wife): don't look back -- Rebekah: doing the wrong thing for the right reasons -- Rachel: betrayed by one who was supposed to protect -- Leah: a risky chance at love -- Dinah: choices that change everything -- Aneksi (Potiphar's wife): desperately trying to fill the emptiness -- Tamar: futile words, broken promises, bold solutions -- Zipporah: when we wrestle with God -- Conclusion.
"Bestselling author connects the hardships of twelve Old Testament women with our lives today to show readers that only God, not time, can heal our hearts' broken desires and dreams"--
College of Arts and Sciences
Text in English
9780800728670 (pbk.)
2018027342
Christian women--Religious life. Women in the Bible--Biography.