"Cradle My Heart" by Kim Ketola ~ Healing From Abortion

Summary:  Abortion continues to be a hot topic in politics, women's rights, and medical practice. But for the eight to ten million American Christian women who have had one, abortion is a spiritual issue as well, raising questions of life and death, heaven and hell, grief and loss.

Writing from her own experience, Kim Ketola sheds light on one of the darkest and most neglected personal issues of our time: the widespread need for healing and spiritual recovery after abortion. "After abortion brought the worst trouble into my life I had ever known," writes Ketola, "I just couldn't see my way free to believe in God's love." With a compassionate heart, Ketola offers ten true stories of healing promise from the Bible to help women answer the most common spiritual torments they face: Is abortion a sin? Does God hate me? Where can I turn in my shame and distress? How could I ever tell anyone the truth? And more.

Inspired by Romans 6:4—"just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life"—this is a definitive resource to help women see themselves and God anew and—finally—to find spiritual healing.

Particulars of the book:
Publisher:  Kregel Publications
Pages:  224
Genre:  Christian/Spirtual
Author:  Kim Ketola
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From the Back Cover :

God's love is not a casualty of abortion

For eight to ten million American Christian women, abortion is not just a political or medical issue--it is a spiritual issue as well. Abortion raises questions of life and death, heaven and hell, grief and loss. You may be asking: Does God hate me? Can I be forgiven? Is it really possible to just start over with God?

Kim Ketola asked these questions as well. In Cradle My Heart, she lays out a compassionate path toward spiritual healing. You will learn how to:
* Face yourself and face God
* Forgive and be forgiven
* Repent and accept God's love
* Grieve and find an end to sorrow

With an understanding and empathetic voice, Kim Ketola exposes the hurt in your heart, reveals the healing in God's heart, and brings the two together to create a whole heart where restoration--and celebration--are possible.

 

 

About Kim Ketola :

 

 

Kim Ketola is a writer and speaker with thirty years' broadcast experience while known as "Kim Jeffries" on CBS' WCCO Radio and Television, and KTIS/Faith Radio Network, and other outlets. Cradle My Heart, Finding God's Love After Abortion (Kregel, 2012) reflects Kim's ministry to help individuals recover from the emotional and spiritual wounds of abortion, and was awarded First Place in the Sonfire Media contest at the 2010 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.
Kim has traveled internationally with Ruth Graham and Friends conferences, and she is a frequent media guest addressing pro-life issues on Salem, Moody, Sirius, and other network outlets. Tim Pawlenty appointed Kim as chairperson of the MN Governor's Council on Faith and Community Service Initiatives (2006-2008), and she serves organizations reaching the homeless, the addict, and those in prison. She and her husband, Bruce, make their home in suburban Atlanta.

Visit www.kimketola.com to learn more.


The Dame's Review :

When I was in college in the 1960's, during the age of Aquarius, free love and student uprisings, I had a room-mate who had had an abortion.  It was the first time I was exposed to anyone who had been through the experience.  She almost immediately related the incident and circumstances to me, and said it was the central and most painful thing of her life.  It colored everything she did from that moment on.  She was deeply grieved by it.  And she was profoundly regretful.  I was astounded by the extent to which it had scarred her. Up to that point I had been lead to believe it was an option young women chose to be free of an unwanted "situation" or "problem."

When I was a young mother some 8 years later, I met another young mother who was in turmoil and withdrawn in many ways. She was a friend of mine because of our children's ages and because we lived in the same neighborhood, and because we seemed drawn to each other.  But for several years she debated and tortured me over my faith with a harsh anger that was personal to her and strange to me.  Years later, and after I had moved away, she became a Christian and confessed to me her anger at me at my faith had been because of her guilt over an abortion she had had as a college student, and which she thought God couldn't forgive her for; and, that she couldn't forgive herself for.  Once she got hold of the fact that there was healing and forgiveness in Jesus Christ, she was relieved of her spiritual burdens and believed her unborn child was safe and secure.

There have been numerous other women I've come into contact with during my 60 some years who have suffered this similar grief and guilt.  Some have been able to resolve it through faith, and some have not because they have no faith.  But all have been scarred.

Though I personally have never had an abortion, I can feel the depth of my friends' and loved one's pain.  It is easy to see in their lives.  It is easy to see how it's shaped their lives for good and for worse depending upon how they have resolved it or not.

Kim Ketola's book is one of the few books I've read that simply outlines a way to look at this personal tragedy.  She honestly exposes herself and her own pain.  She kindly shares the gift of her personal grief and struggles, and her resolution through faith in Christ.

I found the particular passages of scripture not only apparent as healing pathways for those who have experienced an abortion, but for those of us who have walked the resulting path with them, or who have struggled with other losses in our lives.  They are up-lifting and speak of Christ's eternal forgiveness and healing powers through faith.

While everything we do and every choice we make results in a mark on our lives for good or for bad, we can rest in the fact that we have a heavenly Father who loves us and is willing to take us as we are.  Kim Ketola's "Cradle My Heart" gives testimony to that, and shows a pathway to healing.

This is a book I would recommend for everyone who is considering an abortion, who  has had one, who knows of those who have, and for those who wonder about the reasons and results of them for some women.  It's a powerful book.

I must add that this is not a politically centered book.  That is not its purpose in text.

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5 stars                Deborah/TheBookishDame

GIVEAWAY & Review~"Equity of Evil" by Rudy A. Mazzocchi~ A Medical Thriller Based on Truth

A chilling novel based on true events regarding the use of aborted fetuses, and the medical, business and human intrigue surrounding that. This is one that had me holding my breath and mesmerized for hours!  Sometimes shocking, sometimes exciting, and sometimes frightening in its implications...Is it just a matter of time before

something happens when approximately 42 million unwanted pregnancies throughout the world are occurring today?  Are we

already standing on the brink of an "equity of evil?"

This exciting book is just the first in a trilogy!

Here's a more concise summary by the author:

A Venture Capital Fund makes a risky investment to start a challenging new business that appears capable of reaching profitability with modest capital requirements. The real challenge: optimizing one of the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the World — Abortion.

Founding Partner, Roman Citrano, a successful entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, soon struggles with what he believes is his choice to establish the controversial new company. He soon realizes that he and others are but pawns on a massive, ugly chessboard being manipulated to benefit a far larger, illicit market in human organs for transplantation. Unknowingly, prime, hyper-enriched organs are spawned from the aborted fetuses and grown like hydroponic vegetables.

An unfolding world of deceit, rape, human trafficking and assassination becomes deeply personal as Roman’s sole love interest secretly uses one of his new abortion services to terminate her untimely pregnancy. When she disappears, his frantic search becomes a hellish nightmare that grows worse by the hour.

Based on true events, this bold novel involves some of the world’s oldest, most emotional and controversial issues. At the core of each matter is man’s predisposition to control and take ownership of the human spirit for the sake of profit and person gain… such is the dark and brutal new world where life becomes the equity of evil.


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Meeting Up with Rudy Mazzocchi:

Rudy A. Mazzocchi is best known as a medical device and biotechnology entrepreneur, inventor, and angel investor, with a history of starting new technology ventures throughout the U.S. and Europe. He’s been privileged to have the opportunity to see the newest innovations in healthcare and work with some of the most brilliant researchers, scientists and physicians in the industry.

Authoring more than 50 patents, he has helped pioneer new companies involved in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neurosurgery and even embryonic stem-cell development. Through these efforts, he has become the recipient of many technology and business awards, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare and the Businessman of the Year Award.
Combining these experiences and opportunities, with thousands of hours of travel and long evenings in hotel rooms, he found the initiative to start writing a collection of medical thrillers based on true events, the first of which is entitled EQUITY of EVIL.

When asked to tell a little about himself and why he wrote this novel, Rudy responded:

"My career has allowed me to observe the creation of new innovative medical technologies years before they are ever commercialized. Most are revolutionary and require physicians to re-think how they perform a procedure or treat a patient. Many of them challenge our premise of “man-playing-god”, the ethical and moral issues surrounding the manipulation of life. Pretty deep stuff, but this is why the reality of my world became more exciting than those stories I found in the pages of other novels. So I decided to try and write my own. Even the process of writing tales that related to such game-changing technologies was more compelling than reading store-bought science fiction."

 When asked if his book had any underlying message that he wanted to share, he responded:

"Yes! There are several new scientific innovations and breakthroughs that will impact our lives in the near future, and many more that will affect the next generation. We will have no choice about their existence… they’ll be here if we like it or not. Therefore, we all need to be aware of them and start to think about how society is going to accept and manage them. Equity of Evil touches on many of these medical and scientific innovations that are on the cusp of shaking up public and political views in the major nations of the world. I’m hopeful that this novel (and those underway) will help open up people’s willingness to process such new revelations that will surely disrupt our current moral and ethical opinions."

To find out more about Mazzocchi visit his website at:  http://rudymazzocchi.com


See these videos by Mr. Mazzocchi:

http://youtu.be/ZHPUF0nvHOY

http://www.youtube.com/embed/KAYkQEQBnLk



The Dame's Take On The Novel:  This is a novel extremely well-written and burning with intrigue. The medical aspects, though quite detailed at times are absorbing and visceral.  I was reminded of several other medical thrillers in the opening pages- -many of which are known today as best sellers in the industry. The business dealings behind the medical scenes were fascinating.  Rudy Mazzocchi is destined to be a recognized name in publishing.  His book is very good. You'll be knocked back in your chair in the reading!

As I read "Equity of Evil" I was moved on many levels.  Mazzocchi's characters cover the gamut of medical genius, Machiavellian personalities, manipulators of business and financial markets, political pawns, innocents, and the unaware. He leads us behind the scenes of medical labs and big business conference rooms, in back alleys and criminal darkness.  We go where women are terrified...   We often see where medical technology can lead us to depravity when it's taken to a level unchecked by heart and morality.

However, this is not a "preachy" novel. It is absolutely not a book of that sort.  Rather it is a story based on truth that gives us a glimpse into things that are possible, and that may be on the horizon in our future.  Things that we need to be thinking about.  And, things that we may need to take into consideration when we look at laws and regulations in our country.  Or, perhaps, just that we may want to be aware of when we consider the daily world news...  Was it just an early teacher of mine who used to say, "A word to the wise should be sufficient?"

I found the book a great story to read.  It was difficult not to be horrified at some parts of it.  I'm going to have to tell you I'm pro-life, so the parts about fetuses being the size of a human thumb, having tiny hearts and lungs, eyelashes and tiny hands...being "plopped" out of bloody baggies onto clinical tables "making the exact sound of goldfish" and having their organs removed, hurt me.  There were, of course, several other parts that hurt me having to do with the way women were treated, and the way animals were treated.  I really despise violence toward children and women in particular.  Human trafficking always makes me so angry!

But, all in all...I needed this book.  I needed to have my eyes opened to the possibilities of medical research and development. I loved the human equations featured in this question. This was a great way for me to have an understandable and clear introduction into those actualities and future possibilities.  I enjoyed the experience in the long run.  I'm happy I decided to read "Equity of Evil" because it was all I'd hoped it would be, and I'm so happy I took the whole journey.

This is a novel of suspense, of mystery; a medical thriller with thrilling insights.  If you loved Michael Crichton, you'll love this book.  I hope it's going to be a great hit this year, it certainly deserves to be!

5 stars

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