Just The Two Of Us ebook
Help and strength in the struggle to conceive
Eleanor Margesson & Sue McGowan
This deeply caring book offers practical resources and encourages biblical thinking on childlessness and infertility.
Description
Waiting for a baby is a painful reality for many.
As long months pass the well-meaning optimism of friends starts to ring hollow. The emphasis on family at the weekly church service becomes an unwelcome reminder of what's missing. God seems reluctant to bless.
Using a wealth of real life stories this deeply caring book offers practical resources to address the pain and encourages biblical thinking childlessness and infertility.
'We have learnt that we are not immune from problems and we grow as Christians as a result of them. Most importantly, no matter how awful and difficult it seems, God is in control of what is happening to us, even if we most definitely are not.'
Product details
Contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Meet the authors
- 1. Introduction
- Section 1: Where is God in all this pain?
- 2. Why me?
- 3. Will God give me a child?
- 4. Childless – and blessed?
- 5. This hurts
- Reflecting on chapters 2 – 5
- Section 2: Coping with the stress of childlessness
- 6. Who am I, without a family?
- 7. The expectations of others
- 8. Keeping marriage strong
- 9. Real men experience infertility
- 10. Grieving miscarriage, late-term pregnancy loss and secondary infertility
- Reflecting on chapters 6 – 10
- Section 3: How can the professionals help?
- 11. Lifestyle
- 12. Treatment
- 13. Adoption?
- Reflecting on chapters 11 – 13
- Section 4: The long unknown
- 14. Is acceptance possible?
- 15. Hope for the future
- Reflecting on chapters 14 and 15
- Conclusion: Better than sons and daughters
Specification
| Author |
Eleanor Margesson, Sue McGowan |
| ISBN |
9781844747481 |
| Format |
Digital Download |
| First published |
November 2013 |
| Language |
English |
| Pages |
192 |
| Publisher |
IVP |
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