A Perfect Mess
  • Published: 15 June 2009
  • ISBN: 9781400074792
  • Imprint: Christian/Forum
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $34.99
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A Perfect Mess

Why You Don't Have to Worry About Being Good Enough for God

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This book targets Christian women of all ages who yearn for a real, vibrant relationship with God but who worry they aren't good enough and don't do enough to merit his love and grace. Secondary audience includes seekers and the spiritually interested who have felt judged by church people and thus will value hearing about a compassionate Creator who actually cares about them as individuals. Women's group and Bible study leaders will appreciate the interactive questions included with each chapter.

On those days when French fries litter the floor of your minivan, when you think bad words about other drivers, when your smile hides an anxious heart–in those moments when you fall short of all you’d hoped to be–what does God see when He looks at you?

In your less-than-lovely moments,
God sees a precious daughter in need of His perfect love.

In this liberating look at how God adores and transforms imperfect people, Bible teacher Lisa Harper weaves poignant stories of her own personal foibles with a fresh take on selected Psalms to reveal a loving Father who remains your greatest champion even when you don’t feel anywhere close to holy.

Join Lisa in discovering what happens when we stop trying to hide our inadequacies and doubts and instead trust God with our anger, frustrations, flaws, and regrets. As you accept God’s loving invitation to exchange your junk for His joy, you’ll find the imperfect pieces of your life shaped into a glorious pattern of divine grace.
  • Published: 15 June 2009
  • ISBN: 9781400074792
  • Imprint: Christian/Forum
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $34.99
Categories:

About the author

Lisa Harper

Lisa Harper, author of the memoir The Wharf at Waterfall Bay, is an award-winning businesswoman and cheesemaker. Lisa’s life-threatening respiratory illness led the family to relocate to a remote farm on the Marlborough Sounds when she was a little girl. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Botany from Victoria University of Wellington, she completed at PhD at Lincoln University, under Professor Alison Stewart, director of the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln, after which she worked for two years in biosecurity in the United Kingdom and Europe. On returning to the remote family farm on the Marlborough Sounds, in 2003, she established a business making locally-influenced heritage cheeses, under the brand Sherrington Grange. In 2011 Lisa won the Rural Women New Zealand ‘Enterprising Rural Women’ award, and the following year was awarded a prestigious Nuffield Fellowship to study overseas.

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