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Many
of us live at a pace that is impossible to keep. Unrelenting busyness
might feel necessary, but it can lead to chronic stress and burnout
that hinders our love for God and others. Instead of adding more to our
long to-do list, counselors Eliza Huie and Esther Smith guide readers
in how to think biblically about their whole life. They give Christians
a framework for biblical self-care that will help them live for Christ by
stewarding the spiritual, emotional, relational, and physical
aspects of life.
The Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care outlines a balanced life of stewardship, offering
practical strategies for Christians to grow in honoring God and caring
for others. The authors focus on six key areas: faith, health,
purpose, community, work, and rest. Each chapter addresses a
specific topic and guides readers in thinking biblically about their
whole life.
Breaking
down the misconceptions that self-care is not biblical, The
Whole Life reveals that caring for yourself doesn’t
mean you are being selfish or lazy. Instead, it’s a way of stewarding
every part of your life for God’s glory and the good of
others. Contrary to what our culture might lead us to believe,
exhaustion and burnout are not unavoidable pitfalls of a faithful Christian
life. Instead, they are warning signs that we need to turn to God
for daily help. This book will reorient readers to the core value
of resting their heart, mind, and strength in Christ. 
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“What
happens when you put two godly wise women together to develop a
yearlong plan created to help believers flourish? You get The
Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care. Don’t be
put off by the phrase self-care—this is no shallow
psychobabble. Rather, it’s filled with the gospel and deep wisdom
learned through years of counseling. What a blessing!”
~ Elyse Fitzpatrick, Author of Worthy:
Celebrating the Value of Women “I
have to confess that when I saw that this book was about self-care, I
was a bit skeptical because my greater concern in counseling tends to
be that people care too much about themselves and not enough about God
and others. But as I read the book I appreciated that the authors made
a biblical case that there are ways in which we need to take care of
ourselves if we are going to be able to love God and others well. As my
hero Charles Spurgeon said regarding self-care of pastors, ‘We are
in a certain sense our own tools, and therefore must keep ourselves in
order.’”
~ Jim Newheiser, Director of the
Christian Counseling Program and Associate Professor of Pastoral
Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte; executive director
IBCD (The Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship) “If
our current situation has taught us anything, surely it is that we are
frail and fragile beings dependent on our Savior. It is into this
reality that Eliza Huie and Esther Smith have blessed us with a
much-needed work on biblical self-care that focuses our gaze and
attention on both body and soul as God created us. Readers will be
encouraged with the practicality of their work and the rich theological
depth that it is grounded in. Treasure this resource, read and chew on
the contents slowly, and be strengthened for faithful ministry for the
coming season.”
~ Jonathan D. Holmes, Executive Director,
Fieldstone Counseling; pastor of counseling, Parkside Church; board
member for the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) |
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Eliza Huie, MA, LCPC, is the Director of Counseling at
McLean Bible Church in Vienna, VA and the Dean of Biblical
Counseling at Metro Baltimore Seminary. She is the author of Raising
Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World and Raising Kids in a
Screen-Saturated World and is the coauthor of The
Whole Life. Eliza and her husband Ken have three grown
children and a daughter-in-law.
Esther Smith, MA, is a biblical counselor at Life
Counseling Center Ministries and is a licensed clinical
professional counselor in the state of Maryland. She is
the author of Chronic Illness: Walking by Faith,
coauthor of The Whole Life, and has been published in the Journal
of Biblical Counseling. Esther and her husband live near
Baltimore, MD.
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