Authentic Faith, Not Perfection: Help, I'm Drowning
Click here to play today’s new podcast episode.
As I look back on the years of my life, I remember many times when I pondered if my kids would be ok. It didn’t seem like they could be with all the difficulty and issues we had struggled with—and how imperfect Clay and I were. Yet, as I look back now, it was not perfection that was needed, but an authentic faith, a humility, a choice to trust when the feelings weren’t there. This week, Sarah surprised me with sharing about my book—she said she learned how to walk through her own darkness—that is the key, faithfulness in the midst. Thanks, sweet Sarah!
“This is my lovely mom last year just after Samuel was born. She arrived in the middle of winter and walked my fussy baby around the house for hours and bought us good food and rode the train with Lilian and me to Brighton just to get us all some fresh air and find some gorgeous flowers at the market.
My mom is a trooper, a bringer of courage, a mighty maker of beauty, and she has a book coming out today all about how to make it, how to get your hands round faith and hope and God's love in the midst of dark times.
I so want you to read it because my mom is a woman who knows what it means to walk through the valley, to bear the darkness, and somehow, be radiant. She keeps showing up in my own dark seasons, laughing and loving, helping me to remember that I am capable of bravery, of beauty, of hope.
I've watched my mom navigate achingly awful seasons many times in my life. I've watched her endure loneliness and grief, illness and difficulty not just with gritted teeth, but a heart as tender and hopeful as a child's because she chose every day to hope, to choose, to try, to love.
I'm so proud of her, and I have learned how to be a woman of courage because of her. She's offering a beautiful thing in this book, and I recommend it to you as someone who has been daily heartened and comforted by her wisdom and presence through all the dark seasons of my life.Love you, mama (Sarah)
Happy book release day, wonderful Mom!
Help, I'm Drowning: Weathering the Storms of Life with Grace and Hope By Clarkson, Sally Buy on Amazon
