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Ordinary on purpose : surrendering perfect and discovering beauty amid the rubble / Mikala Albertson, MD.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 222 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780764239472
  • 0764239473
  • 9780764240652
  • 076424065X
Subject(s):
Contents:
This ordinary life -- Part one: Surrendering "perfect". Widen the circle ; He's waiting ; We'll do it right ; I am not alone ; Surrender ; My unraveling ; Sunset moments ; Queen martyr ; One little box ; Brokenhearted ; I want ordinary ; Jesus, be near ; Tell the truth ; For her ; Making amends -- Part two: Discovering beauty amid the rubble. Forgiveness ; Dr. Stay-at-Home Mom ; An invitation ; On the run ; Just one more ; Out very fine house ; This perfect stranger ; Uncurated ; Not another should ; A new season ; I never knew ; Let go ; He means me... and you ; On purpose ; The messy middle ; It will be beautiful.
Summary: "The world is shouting at us to be more, to strive harder, and to never stop pushing. In her evocative writing style, Mikala Albertson takes you through her transparent and gritty story of chasing a perfect and pretend life and invites you to embrace who you already are: loved, imperfect, mostly ordinary, and so very on purpose"-- Publisher's website.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 248.843 A334 Available 33111010818298
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Wife, mother of 5, and part-time family practice doctor.

The world is shouting at us to be more. Be the BEST. Strive. Achieve. Overachieve. Never stop pushing. After seven years of living married to an alcoholic and drug addict, Mikala was drowning in motherhood all while finishing medical school and her residency. At the end of her rope, she realized all this time she had been chasing something that doesn't exist. Perfect is pretend. All she desperately wanted and needed to embrace was ordinary. A hard, messy, gritty, lovely little life.

Mikala's moving and beautiful writing takes readers through her transparent story with an invitation. Lay down the endless chase for perfection, see your perfect, loving God amidst the pain and chaos, and live a beautiful, ordinary little life exactly as it is. Today.

This book is a voice of radiant hope and grounding contentment for the strivers and perfectionists spread thin. Not for achieving more, but for embracing who we already are. Loved, imperfect, mostly ordinary, and so very on purpose.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222).

This ordinary life -- Part one: Surrendering "perfect". Widen the circle ; He's waiting ; We'll do it right ; I am not alone ; Surrender ; My unraveling ; Sunset moments ; Queen martyr ; One little box ; Brokenhearted ; I want ordinary ; Jesus, be near ; Tell the truth ; For her ; Making amends -- Part two: Discovering beauty amid the rubble. Forgiveness ; Dr. Stay-at-Home Mom ; An invitation ; On the run ; Just one more ; Out very fine house ; This perfect stranger ; Uncurated ; Not another should ; A new season ; I never knew ; Let go ; He means me... and you ; On purpose ; The messy middle ; It will be beautiful.

"The world is shouting at us to be more, to strive harder, and to never stop pushing. In her evocative writing style, Mikala Albertson takes you through her transparent and gritty story of chasing a perfect and pretend life and invites you to embrace who you already are: loved, imperfect, mostly ordinary, and so very on purpose"-- Publisher's website.

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