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Imperfect Lives Perfect Grace follows the story of Leah and Tamar and explores what they teach us about facing difficult challenges and surviving through God's grace. It is about finding the grace that is needed in hard places. Leah and Tamar are very different and yet their lives both speak to the power of grace that comes when it is most needed. The book takes you through the twists and turns of life, pain, and ultimate redemption. This book is a powerful reminder that God's grace is available to everyone who needs it. In this book, you will learn: The nature of the challenges facing Leah and Tamar and how their situations can have practical implications for persons in today's world. How decisions driven by passion alone can create a cascade of negative events that can end in sorrow. Even a difficult and challenging beginning can be transformed into a positive end result with commitment and God's grace. The extensive collateral damage from David's act of adultery and why sin was then and is now, not a solo event. The impact of individual decisions on others must always be considered. It is possible to move forward from the worst day of their own life as these women did and find a way to move forward. This is highly recommended for anyone who is seeking beauty in chaos, redemption in misfortunes, and God's grace in the process of healing. Dr. E.M. Johnson will show you the reality of life and how these tragic series of events will eventually lead to His divinity.

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"""Without her knowledge, the innocent Tamar was set adrift in a boat with fatal cracks and fissures. She thought she had a future and sadly could only look back on a past and dream of what might have been. Socially, women have long been seen as possessions, trophies, and the means through which men obtain their immortality. Their sons carry their names into the future, and as long as their names are spoken, they continue to be a force in the world, howbeit, if only in a minor way."" ""When David heard the news of his beloved son's death, he was overcome with grief. He never stopped loving his child even when Absalom was trying to kill him. A third son was now lost. This is an image of a father's love and a father's pain. Absalom, the most handsome man in the land, is dead, and his three children are fatherless. Tamar's protector and brother is gone. Grief and pain flow freely as the sword continued to cut through hearts and dreams in the House of David."" ""The former child of promise (Absalom) was moving in his own power with the advice of someone who had no investment in peace and reconciliation. In fact, any resolution between father and son would work to the detriment of the counselor. The king would not trust him and the son would have no need of him. Ahithophel's advice was self-serving."" ""Oh, how she (Leah) wanted him to love her. Not unlike thousands of women, happily married, single and longing to be married or just longing to have a way to maintain a hold on a man that could not be maintained otherwise, the birth of a child can and does change things forever. Leah, a woman of prayer, knows that God is in this plan, but still, she longs to have not only purpose but also the affection and commitment of the man she loves."" ""Love is a feeling, but it is also a choice. It is quite possible that Leah understood her feelings for Jacob and believed that somehow, despite how the marriage started, he would learn to love her or at least feel some affection toward her. While she clearly understood the purpose of marriage in the culture was to have children and provide a home for her husband and not about love, it would still be a wonderful gift."""

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E.M. Johnson is a Special Educator and Christian Educator with wide-ranging interests including Disability issues, Biblical Literacy, conservation, and animal well-being. She is the Executive Director of None Like Him Anywhere, a Christian Education Organization.

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