Herald Press Meditations Series Meditations for Single Moms New Edition

Single. A woman of faith. Pregnant. With touching truthfulness and healing honesty, author Susanne Coalson Donoghue delivers joyous confidence to beleaguered and often hurting or lonely single mothers like herself.

Donoghue speaks as a trusted friend, telling of the struggles she and other unmarried mothers experience, writing about getting over shame and embarrassment and learning to rely on extended family and her faith community. Her own powerful story starts with feeling hurt, lonely, and desperate as a single mother; over time, she becomes a confident and love-filled Christian, deeply grateful for the opportunity to raise a promising child of God.

These 31 devotionals include the author’s own heartfelt poetry, daily Scriptures, and touching personal stories and wisdom from years of single parenting.

Contents

Author’s Preface

FIRST DAY, Saying Yes

SECOND DAY, To a Young Mother

THIRD DAY, The World Has Beaten Me

FOURTH DAY, Jerusalem, Jerusalem

FIFTH DAY, Bedtime Prayers

SIXTH DAY, Trying to Be Still

SEVENTH DAY, Single Parent

EIGHTH DAY, Cloud of Witnesses

NINTH DAY, In the Village of God

TENTH DAY, Windfall Inheritance

ELEVENTH DAY, Perfect Day

TWELFTH DAY, Go Ahead, Ask Me

THIRTEENTH DAY, Orphan

FOURTEENTH DAY, Water

FIFTEENTH DAY, The Argument from Necessity for the Incarnation of God

SIXTEENTH DAY, Great Expectations

SEVENTEENTH DAY, God Has Gotten a Very bad Name

EIGHTEENTH DAY, Dayenu

NINETEENTH DAY, The Eden Tree

TWENTIETH DAY, The Spirit Prays

TWENTY-FIRST DAY, Unless You Become as a Little Child

TWENTY-SECOND DAY, Harvest Time

TWENTY-THIRD DAY, Labor of Love

TWENTY-FOURTH DAY, I See You Hoping

TWENTY-FIFTH DAY, The Pearl

TWENTY-SIXTH DAY, The Back Side of the Wave

TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY, Shoshanna Marie

TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY, Lord, Teach Us to Pray

TWENTY-NINTH DAY, Mi Hermana, Mi Hermana

THIRTIETH DAY, Mortality

THIRTY-FIRST DAY, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8