Kim Ketola - Cradle My Heart: Finding Gods Love After Abortion

I want to recommend Kim Ketolas book Cradle My Heart to you. In working directly with the pro-life movement over the last few years, I have seen the incredible need for a book such as the one you hold in your hands. Through powerful, real stories, many of them from her own life, Kim graciously communicates the love and hope Jesus brings to hearts wounded by abortion. May God continue to bless and lead your ministry, Kim!

Rebecca St. James, singer, author, actress

The estimated one in every five Christian women who have experienced abortion will experience the love of the Lord through this beautiful, insightfully written book. Kim relates stories of those with broken hearts who encountered Jesus, and she bravely shares her own experience of repentance and meeting his comfort and healing after abortion to deliver a personal, intimate, and hope-filled read and resource.

Peggy Hartshorn, PhD, president of Heartbeat International

A compelling, powerful, honest account of accepting forgiveness and experiencing the miraculous, healing power of God. Kim uses clever, modern-day retellings of biblical encounters with Jesus that clearly illustrate his love and compassion, and she gives true-life testimonials that provide a deeper understanding of grief and its consequences. Biblical reflection and useful action steps help readers better understand Gods love and true healing. A powerful reminder that God wants to redeem pain in our lives and use it for his glory.

Dr. Wess Stafford, president and CEO of Compassion International, and author of Too Small to Ignore and Just a Minute

With candid honesty, Kim Ketola helps readers heal from the suffering after abortion. Prayers and practical steps at the end of every chapter provide guidance in transforming hurt into hope. And thoughtful reflections and biblical insight help readers find Christs restoration the minute they open their hearts and give him permission to forgive and heal.

Theresa Burke, PhD, author of Forbidden Grief, and founder of Rachels Vineyard Ministries

Kim Ketolas discerning creativity translates biblical stories into practical help for those struggling after abortion. Sharing her personal walk from shame to new life, she writes from the heart and offers hope, forgiveness, and help for strengthening faith in this awesome book!

Georgette Forney, cofounder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign

Cradle My Heart is like the steady hand of an empathetic physician doing heart surgery with truth and love. You bring the grief. Let God supply the grace.

Rev. John Ensor, author of Answering the Call: Saving Innocent Lives One Woman at a Time and executive director of global initiatives for Heartbeat International

The emotional aftermath of abortion is rarely talked about with such honesty and compassion. As Kim courageously shares her pain and path to healing, you will be encouraged, filled with hope, and reminded that nothing separates you from the love of God.

Linda Mintle (PhD, LCSW, LMFT), speaker, professor, and best-selling author of Letting Go of Worry

With keen insight and courageous authenticity, Kim Ketola reflects on her haunting experience with abortion as a springboard to encourage others to process their similar experiences. Through dawning observationsas insightful as they are briefKetola puts words to the unspeakable and gives expression to the inexpressible. She encourages readers toward brutal honesty and liberating graceor perhaps it is brutal grace and liberating honestyto create chapters that insist upon scriptural reflection and prayerful response. No reader is too wounded or wretched or worldly or wise to gain something from this book. For no reader lives in a place untouchable by an encounter with the Lord of life.

Douglas S. Huffman, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean of Biblical & Theological Studies, Talbot School of Theology

As a Christian psychotherapist who works with abortion-related trauma, I highly recommend this compassionate work that differentiates the need for spiritual from emotional healing, and moves the reader in a personal way from a place of shame to grace like no other book out there on this topic.

Gregory Hasek, MA/MFT, LPC, executive director of Misty Mountain Family Counseling Center; adjunct professor at George Fox University

A powerful mix of Scripture, personal testimony, illustration, and practical action steps for each chapter. These insights show the power and love of Jesus to restore and give future hope. If I were still preaching, Id order a case of these books and leave them in a semi-private place where women could unobtrusively pick up a copyand I recommend my pastor friends do just that.

Don Miles, EdD, MDiv, mental health professional, pastor, and board member of Living Free Ministries

Cradle My Heart shows Kims insight and heart of compassion through a beautiful parallel of biblical truth and practical application which will both comfort and encourage. Even after abortion, Gods grace increases all the more.

Jimmy Ray Lee, DMin, President of Living Free

Two perspectives make this book meaningful: Kims empathetic personal journey to healing, and Jesus Christs grace and truth. Kim makes his encounters with the infirm and helpless both personal and relevant, sure to make a difference in many lives.

Rev. James Lamb, national executive director of Lutherans for Life

Ive known many tragic stories after abortion from the anonymous, who came to me in confession or for counseling, and some who attempted, or even tragically completed, suicides. Kims book will open the hearts of the children of God who need to know that our Lord loves all and forgives all who ask.

Rev. Robert McKewin, retired

Well researched and scripturally rooted, Cradle My Heart is an excellent resource for any post-abortion ministry. Women who carry the cross of abortion will find a compelling and convincing read because Kim has been where her readers are. Her meditations remind us that Christs mercy is greater than our weakness, and so we find the courage to be at peace with ourselves and to help others on this painful journey.

Father Frank Pavone, Priests for Life

Cradle My Heart: Finding Gods Love After Abortion
2012 Kim Ketola

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