Chosen

This book, Chosen: Birth and Faith Through a Doula Lens, is a short but powerful book.

Katherine Newsom walks you through eight chapters with important factors of the pregnancy and birth process and how the Bible and the Gospel speak to each of these categories. I love her heart in simple wording to express deep truths that women need to hear in this journey of motherhood and how to apply them in a general way. 

For example, " To put it in a greater Biblical light, we can see childbirth as God's mercy for us. For in Genesis, we read that God chose to give Adam and Eve the gift to multiply, even after the sinned against Him, although they deserved death." This quote come from the chapter "Understand and Prepare" and gives us perspective on childbirth and how to view it no matter how we feel. We are confronted with the truth that bearing life is God's mercy and we can view this when we're frustrated or tired in the midst of the pregnancy and see the beauty in what is happening in our bodies. 

I highly recommend this book to every woman to encourage you on your journey no matter where you are in it. Even if you are through childbearing years, there is life in this book to help you think back and embrace the journey you have been on and share it with the women coming up behind you in need of your support during her season of childbearing. 

5 stars for this much needed book!

Reading Challenges:

In the 2021 Reading Challenge with Tim Challies- A book of your choice in the light section

In the 2021 Christian Reading Challenge with Jami Balmet- Parenting/Family Life category

In the 2021 Intentional by Grace Reading Challenge- About an interest of yours in the level 1 section