The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days by Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie, Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie

The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie, Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie
Page: 256
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ISBN: 9780593193709
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
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Notes From Your Bookseller Does it ever feel like only big and bright days are blessed? Kate Bowler and Jessica Ritchie are here to share the message that every day can be blessed, even (especially?) the messy and imperfect ones. Here's to embracing our real lives, not just the shiny ones we think everyone else is having. Warm and witty blessings found within the struggles of our shared humanity, from the New York Times bestselling authors of Good Enough

Blessed are you, the strange duck.
You with the very intense hobbies.
Or the collection of movies or mugs or sneakers.
You with the hometown or home team that makes you very, very proud.
You, my dear, in all your intricacies . . . are a marvel.

We live in a world that demands relentless perfection. Happy marriages and easy friendships. Bucket list–level adventures and matching family photos. But what if our actual lives don’t feel very #blessed? Might our everyday existence be worthy of a blessing too? Even an average Tuesday?

Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie offer creative, faith-based blessings that center gratitude and hope while acknowledging our real, messy lives. Formatted like a prayer book, The Lives We Actually Have is an oasis and a landing spot for weary souls, with blessings that focus on the full range of human moments: garbage days, lovely days, grief-stricken days, and even (especially) completely ordinary days. These heartfelt blessings are a chance to exhale when we feel everything from careworn to restless, devastated to bored. Let’s have a reminder that we don’t need to wait for perfect lives when we can bless the lives we actually have.

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