Categories: BookVirtual Book Tour

Connecting the Spiritual Dots

I am so pleased to introduce Jocelyn from “We Talk of Christ” as our stop today on our Virtual Book Tour. Jocelyn is expecting her fourth baby and so I was so excited when she wanted to review our book. I consider Jocelyn to be on the most spiritually in-tune women I know and so it was fun to read her thoughts and to hear how this book has helped her “connect the dots” about women’s eternal roles. Here is just a bit of what she said:

Strangely enough, holding “The Gift of Giving Life” in my hands for the first time was not unlike holding a new baby. As I read each of 20-some essays, I was able to experience what each mother experienced. I held their babies in my arms and walked in their shoes, and I feel wiser for it.

Covering topics such as pain, fear, patience, loss, faith, preparation, scriptural history of infertility, the importance of giving birth, the symbolism of Christ’s atonement in giving birth, the equality of men and women’s roles in this process, trust in God’s will for us–this book has really helped me to see many of the lessons that are “built-in” to the process of “giving life.”

In just the first few essays, the book showed me how little I understood about the power that I held and then worked quickly to fill in the gaps and help me connect the spiritual dots.

Amazingly the lessons extend beyond giving birth and into the very way that we experience life.

… I would go on and share each insight from the book that rocked my world, but I found it so deeply personal that it’s difficult to articulate. Each woman, whether you’ve given birth or not, will take something (many things) extremely personal and faith-building away from the essays in this book.