How do we make it through the waiting when we’re longing for breakthrough and delivery? By being steadfast - channeling a strong will for a holy purpose in the face of fear. It’s a holy stubbornness, the faith in action that happens both behind the scenes and in front of others. It’s where bullheadedness meets obedience and becomes strength.

These sixty pages are a light-yoked win for moms who feel threadbare, who want to find joy when the season is a struggle, who need powerful hope and contagious grace. It also includes questions for personal journaling or group discussion, postpartum wisdom and wisecracks, and a moderately responsible (but terribly disappointing) substitute for when, in the last few weeks of pregnancy, you desperately want to eat an entire coconut sheet cake.

Steadfastness is the alloy of humility and dogged perseverance. It describes those who are persevering - unflinching, unswerving, standing their ground. And moms, this is who you are.