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I’ve been watching for this one and yesterday, I finally got my personal copy of Supporting Sisters, by Kim Chalmers. This is one to which I will refer often when given opportunities to strengthen, advise and comfort sisters who face inevitable challenges on our way to heaven. Frankly, I hope that, when I am the one who needs comfort, prayer and support, the sister I turn to will have read this book! It can strengthen your own life, and then practically help you give aid to those around you who are walking through valleys–loss, death, depression, divorce, illness, or feelings of helplessness.
I love that the book is full of strategies to implement when I am trying to help someone and I just don’t know what to do. What I love most, though, is that those strategies are firmly rooted in God’s Word. He is the God of all comfort (1 Corinthians 1:3) and He is the One who calls us to comfort those around us who are in trouble (v. 4). Kim has taken the admonition seriously and has offered us a resource that will help us live this passage. In fact, this is the published thesis, crowning her work at Heritage University, in pursuit of a Masters degree in ministry.
I’ve watched the work become very practical in our congregation and beyond, as she has offered Biblical counsel, in real time, to women who are hurting, doubting or just challenged on the way to the goal. It talks to me, personally, in situations where women come to me for wisdom. It tells me when to listen, when to talk, what to say and what not to say. It’s an easy read, but it will challenge your soul to be a woman to whom others can come when the spiritual muscles are weak and tired. It’s painful to watch others go through very hard things. But those hard things open eternal doors that otherwise may have remained closed. You can help sisters walk through really dark places to see light from the Word that may have, without that darkness, remained hidden. This book will give you the confidence to do that.
As I flip through, I notice that there are very few pages without direct references to scripture. All pages are scripturally based. Therefore, the book would be a great book for your group study or ladies’ class. I’ve already seen it on Amazon, and I know you will love reading about Kim and her work both on her new website and by following the new Facebook group. Here you go!…
The Facebook group is Supporting Sisters: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122133825638769028&set=a.122132934470769028
The website is https://kchalmers.com/