“Dear Lord, I pray that all limitations, weaknesses, defects, pain, hurt, mistakes, embarrassment, and imperfection in my personal and public life, relationships and circumstances be eliminated.” This book is for any woman who has ever prayed this prayer or for the one who has even thought it. Joan Webb, a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, knows how hard it is for determined and caring women to step into the relief of imperfection. And yet, this is exactly what God wants for us. The Relief of Imperfection encourages the reader to believe the truth about God, others, herself and her reality, thus eventually releasing her from the pursuit of perfection to relax in the relief of imperfection. Webb provides real-life stories, including how Jesus lived in the midst of imperfect surroundings, to show that it is OK with God to cease trying to appear perfect and have all the right answers all the time. Readers will find permission to stop pretending and start enjoying authentic, intimate relationships with others, with themselves and with God.
Joan C. Webb, a recovering workaholic and burnout victim, communicates a message of freedom and renewal. Joan has authored more than ten books including The Relief of Imperfection: For Women Who Try Too Hard to Make It Just Right and It's a Wonderful (Imperfect) Life, The Intentional Woman: A Guide to Experiencing the Power of Your Story (with Carol Travilla), a four-book series titled Devotions for Little Boys and Girls, and Meditations for Christians Who Try to Be Perfect. She wrote study notes for four Old Testament books in Zondervan's Women of Faith Study Bible and devotions for the Women's Devotional Bible 2.
As a Personal Life Coach and Intentional Woman Life Plan facilitator, Joan has accumulated hundreds of hours coaching and helping set people free to become who God gifted them to be and from what holds them back. Joan's practical and interactive presentations include stories from her background in business, ministry, and travel to the Middle East doing relief/development work. Joan and her husband, Richard, enjoy living in the sunshine in Chandler, Arizona near their daughter and son, their spouses, and their seven energetic grandchildren (three boys and four girls.)
