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5 Minutes for Books staff reviewer Carrie offers up her thoughts of a devotional for mothers-to-be. She received an advanced copy for the purposes of this review.
Anyone who has ever been pregnant knows the amazing wonder of discovering that there is a little life growing inside of you. Anyone who is trying to become pregnant is aching to feel that wonder for they know that it exists and there is hope for it. Being the carrier and bearer of new life is an amazing privilege and one that should not be taken for granted. A beautiful being is being developed inside of a woman! Incredible!
Despite the incredibleness of pregnancy, an entire range of emotions can be experienced by a pregnant woman and this new devotional – Waiting in Wonder
: Growing in Faith While You’re Expecting – is designed to walk the expectant mother through those emotions and prepare her for life as a mother.
Author Catherine Claire Larson believes that God created life and women to bear it in a beautiful and miraculous way and she longs for the expectant mother to believe this also. She writes in her Introduction:
“God has chosen you for a sacred calling: to nurture a particular soul, exquisitely unique and immeasurably important. Our Father in Heaven has handpicked you to mother this exact child, the one who began as a single cell, the one whose very odds of existence boggle the mind, and the one who will be so strangely like you and yet to strangely different.”
Waiting in Wonder is a devotional book which includes short thoughts, verses for the new mother to begin memorizing, points to ponder and praise the Lord for, and plenty of room to journal one’s own thoughts as they embark on this journey.
If you, or someone you know, is the type to think deeply over the seasons and changes in life and who are preparing for the monumental change of motherhood, this is definitely a book worth looking into.
I am delighted to say that the publisher, Thomas Nelson, has offered up two copies of this book so that two of you can win. Follow the instructions in the rafflecopter below, starting off by leaving a comment answering the question “What was your favorite or least favorite thing about being pregnant?”
Carrie blogs about books regularly over at 5 Minutes for Books and ReadingtoKnow.com.
Nancy says
My least favorite part was morning sickness!
Liza says
roller coaster of emotions
Leanne N says
My favourite thing was the body taking changes and shaping itself. Least favourite was the ‘morning sickness’.
Kerrie Mayans says
My least favorite thing was the morning sickness. In my case it should have been called all day sickness.
Health and Fitness says
Nice post for those who are in this area.
Barbara Platt says
least favorite thing was morning sickness
Linda Kish says
I liked feeling him kick when I sat too close to my desk at work. He would push me away from the desk.
lisa says
feeling the baby
michelle koerner says
my favorite part was feeling all the movements, kicks, hiccups. My least favorite was the morning sickness… for me it was all day 2 trimester long sickness with all 3 of my girls. with my second daughter they were convinced i wasnt pregnant, but that i was severely food poisioned! I use to have to keep a bucket in my car! Yuck!
Annamarie Magee says
I wasn’t lactose intolerant when I was preggo, also I had great hair, skin and nails! I was lucky to not have morning sickness but shrimp did make me sick and of course I couldn’t drink 😛
Krystal says
Morning sickness was the worst, feeling the baby move was the best!
D SCHMIDT says
My favorite part was wondering what my children would look like 🙂
Jessica B. says
I love when my baby kicks!
Lisa A. says
Fave = everything and especially the movements/kicking/thebellywave.
Least fave= (at the time) prescribed 3 mos of bedrest. But, bedrest kept little man in for 33 weeks…so not so bad after all. 🙂
Sounds like an awesome read. Tks for the chance to win it – but looks like it will be on my purchase list if not.
Sara says
Feeling my son move, and watching my husband’s reaction to telling him I was pregnant and when he saw his first ultrasound 🙂
Jessica T says
Eating. . . .for two!
Emmy D says
I love all the movement I’ve been feeling…it’s amazing!
Kari says
My favorite thing is feeling my little guy move! And also not feeling guilty for eating dessert 🙂
Jennifer L. says
My favourite thing was feeling my connection to my baby. My least favourite was definitely the morning sickness.
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
Morning sickness is the worst.
Chandelle says
My favorite thing has been feeling my little man move! And my least favorite thing has pretty much been everything else! ha ha 🙂 Morning sickness 24/7 is definitely the worst though!
Anne says
Knowing this miracle and the changes.
Jenny says
I loved feeling my little one move!