Free to Lean: Making Peace with Your Lopsided Life

by Jocelyn Green, Susie Larson (Foreword by)

Overview

Do you feel like you have a lopsided life? Good. You’re normal! Instead of constantly trying to “fix” our lives by achieving some perfect balance that doesn’t exist, let’s dump the guilt and admit that we need to lean into God. His perfect plan for us includes seasons of life when we may be more focused on caring for our children or our elderly parents, working for pay, or volunteering at church. Free to Lean gives you permission to recognize the season you're in and live in harmony with it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627076784
Publisher:	Our Daily Bread Publishing
Publication date:	07/03/2017
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Award-winning author Jocelyn Green inspires faith and courage in readers through both fiction and nonfiction. A former military wife, she offers encouragement and hope to military wives worldwide through her Faith Deployed ministry. She loves Mexican food, the color red, reading on her patio, and spending time with her husband, Rob, and two small children in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Visit her at jocelyngreen.com or join her at facebook.com/jocelyngreenauthor.

Table of Contents

Foreword Susie Larson 11

Introduction 15

Part 1 The Leaning Lifestyle 25

Chapter 1 Life on Purpose 27

Chapter 2 Unapologetically Focused 45

Chapter 3 The Myth of Measuring Up 67

Chapter 4 Voices and Choices 89

Chapter 5 Seizing God 111

Part 2 Pillars to Lean On 131

Chapter 6 Consistent Connections 133

Chapter 7 Elastic Boundaries 155

Chapter 8 Breathing Room 177

Chapter 9 Prayerful Vision 201

Chapter 10 Amazing Grace 225

Knowing Jesus Personally 245

Notes 249

Acknowledgments 253

About the Author 255

Editorial Reviews

"This book spoke to my 'lopsided' (and rather exhausted) soul. How often I’ve struggled to please people—or even myself—over seeking to please my Lord. Free to Lean reads like a friend sharing advice over a cup of tea. I can’t wait to share this book with friends. The discussions it will spark are sure to encourage and challenge me in an even deeper way."

Amy Lanser

"It’s important to take stock of your life every now and then. Are you living out your God-given purpose? Is the comparison trap holding you back? Do you need to hit a reset button in one area of your life? Free to Lean will help you answer these questions and more. You’ll experience new freedom as you read this book."
 

Arlene Pellicane

"Insightful and genuine, Free to Lean extinguishes the lies we’ve come to believe about our identity in the world while rekindling a passion for who we were created to be in Christ. Grab a friend and a highlighter and be prepared to say goodbye to 'mom guilt' forever!"

April Lakata Cao

"Free to Lean empowers women to let go of their fear, insecurity, and inadequacies and live in the freedom, assurance, and grace of who God created us to be. As a military wife and mom of three teenagers, I love how this book offers me a reprieve from the unnecessary pressure of being it all and doing it all."

Natalie Walters

If your shoulders ache from carrying too heavy a load, or if you’re just plain tired of trying to be all things to all people, you’ve come to the right place. Free to Lean is an invitation to a deeper, more settled life.

from the foreword by Susie Larson

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