Breathing Eden: Conversations with God on Light, Fresh Air, and New Things

by Jennifer J Camp, Stasi Eldredge Eldredge (Foreword by)

Overview

What must it have been like walking in the garden, talking with God?

What would it be like to share our troubles and joys openly with him, to hear his voice responding to our questions? How might knowing God's view on our stories heal our wounds and renew our hope?

No matter our circumstances, we need God's perspective on our lives. We need to know how he sees us. Come on, girl, he says. Let my light shine in.

Breathing Eden is 40 raw, honest, heartbreaking, and encouraging conversations between women and God. These prayers are like our own: full of pain, celebration, anxiety, and joy. Each one helps us hear God whisper love and hope into our lives. After each story is a guided invitation to listen for what God is saying to you.

You are in these tracks. Your mothers and sisters and daughters and neighbors and girlfriends are here, too. We all long to know that God hears us and has something to say to each of us.

Will you listen for his response? Do you want truth? Do you want light, fresh air, and new things? Come. Breathe Eden.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798869188021
Publisher:	Gather Ministries
Publication date:	03/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

JENNIFER J. CAMP grew up in the middle of an almond orchard in Northern California. She was a small town girl who thought she wasn't good enough but who wanted everyone else to think that she was. The story she now loves to tell? It's the story of a lost girl and an almond tree and a gentle Savior who loves fierce. It's the story of a Savior who goes before us, wanting each of his daughters to know who she is, in Christ, and whose voice she is made to sing.The author of Breathing Eden: Conversations with God on Light, Fresh Air, and New Things, and Loop: What Women Need to Know, Jennifer is co-executive director of Gather Ministries, a non-profit organization committed to bringing the genius of Jesus to the lives of busy women and men--women and men whose lives are filled but not full.Jennifer spends her days trying to listen close to God's whispers--and writing to encourage women to remember the truth of their identities, in Christ. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Justin and their three kids and would love to connect with you.

Table of Contents

A Note from the Publisher ix

A Note from the Author xi

Foreword Stasi Eldredge xiii

Introduction (the Desire to See) 1

In the Bright Place 5

Then Always Now 11

Prayer Circles and Wringing Hands 17

Camouflage 23

How the Warm Water Splashed 29

When the Blue Jay Sings 37

Maps, Dust, and Blood 43

The Middle Place 49

Asphalt and Basketball and Home 55

What the Heart Knows 61

Whole 69

2:00 a.m. and Desire 75

Room 81

Behind Elevator Doors 87

Mountains and Bedroom Windows 93

Waking Sleep 101

From the Periphery 107

Blue and White and New 113

On Being Brave 119

Small Groups and Scribbles 125

Night Walking 133

In Beautiful Wild 139

Slammed Doors and Open Windows 145

Cool and Beautiful 151

Mountainscapes and Heavensong 159

Eulogy at the Kitchen Sink 167

Fall 173

Morning in the Studio 179

Out of Hiding 185

Little Laugh Girl 191

Legacy 199

Moving Toward Home 205

Beyond Where Time Touches 211

Strings 219

Resolution 225

Where Story Begins 233

Light in the Dark 239

Running Shoes and Surrender 245

Fresh Air in Night 251

And Light Floods In 255

My Story 263

God's Words to Me 265

Acknowledgments 267

Index 269

About the Author 273

About Zeal Books 274

Editorial Reviews

Jennifer's brave soul did more than inspire me I heard God speak. And that makes all the difference in this pain-filled world. I am grateful for the truth she delivers in Breathing Eden that God has spoken, and we can wildly rejoice together that He is still speaking today if we only listen!

Belinda Bauman

For every woman who questions whether her story matters, or who wonders what God thinks of all she brings before His feet, hope and healing are found in these pages. Jennifer Camp whispers the heart of the Father to his daughters, awakening our remembrance of life breath first kissed at creation, and transforming the course of our days to come as we walk in the reality of a love that shapes our identity.

Kristen Kill

If you've ever felt lost, alone, afraid, mixed up, or beyond the place where you believe you can hear the voice of God, this book is for you. With relatable stories and tender words, Jennifer Camp has threaded this beautiful book through and through with the love of the Father for his beloved daughters. Settle into a cozy corner and open these pages to remind yourself that you were created to walk in the garden and hear the voice of God speaking over you. Turn these pages, oh Daughters of Eve, and remember what it feels like to breathe in Eden.

Logan Wolfram