Strengthening the Adoptive Mom Hope and Help for Adoptive and Foster Moms - by Linda J Rice (Paperback)

About the Book

Bible-based meditations highlight key principles for adoptive and foster mothers. Reflection questions and implementation ideas help with application, making the book practical. Intended for moms; also useful in counseling.

Book Synopsis

Along with blessings, adoption and foster care bring strenuous challenges. Whether you are an adoptive, foster, or even biological mom, Strengthening the Adoptive Mom offers help grounded on Scripture. Each short meditation highlights a key principle, bases it on a Bible passage, and helps you flesh it out in reflection questions and implementation ideas, making the book practical as well as thought-provoking. While intended for moms, counselors and pastors will find it useful in counseling.

Review Quotes

Linda Rice has thoughtfully addressed the unique challenges ... that an adoptive mother will often experience....I believe this book will address most of the difficulties you face as a non-biological mother. It will also be a wonderful resource for biblical counselors seeking to help adoptive mothers with real Scriptural counsel. (Dr. John D. Street, Chair, Graduate Department in Biblical Counseling; President, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) Board of Trustees)

...you will find compassion, clarity, comfort, and hope as you read Linda's insightful counsel. My sincere prayer is that you will find Linda's commitment to counseling God's Word with care and conviction a kind and gracious provision of the Lord to you as it was to me... (Connie Dugas, adoptive mother, pastor's wife, biblical counselor)

As an adoptive mom dealing with turbulent trials in my own home, I have needed both encouragement and godly instruction... In a sense, these meditations represent the older woman instructing the younger to love our husbands and children, aiming our hearts...to serve and glorify Christ our Lord. (Kristin, adoptive mother, Texas)

Not only will this book give guidance in difficulties and scenarios with adopted children, this book also biblically navigates the issues of biblical parenting in general. All parents will find this work to be helpful in remembering the...the power of the Spirit, ... and the primacy of God's glory. (Geoffrey R. Kirkland, pastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church)

By drawing our attention and affections to God through His Word, Linda provides outstanding encouragement and strength to adoptive parents in order for them to love their child best. This is a wonderful resource for adoptive families... (Dr. Andrew D. Rogers, author of Counseling Adoptive Families: The Glorious Truths of the Doctrine of Adoption, Executive Director of Overseas Instruction in Counseling, Ministry Development Pastor at Kindred Community Church)