When Perfect Isn't Enough: How I Conquered My Fear of the Proverbs 31 Woman

by Nancy Kennedy

It’s Time to Laugh Away the Myth of the “Perfect Woman.” Women juggle endless responsibilities these days, from bringing home the bacon and frying it up in the pan to making sure husband and kids have a good supply of pork rinds—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Whether we’re creating (burnt) offerings in the kitchen, balancing listing checkbooks, or keeping romance alive and well (or at least breathing), women can quickly become burned out, stressed out, and just plain worn out.

In When Perfect Isn’t Enough , humor writer Nancy Kennedy approaches this misperception with her trademark wit, describing a hilarious quest to become the Proverbs 31 Woman that will bring relief to your heart and tears of laughter to your eyes. Like Nancy, you will be profoundly changed by a life-transforming God loves you just as you are and has given you all the grace and gifts you need to be exactly who he has called you to be.

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 2003

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was pretty funny, which at times took away from some of the deeper issues the author seemed to be getting at.

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very good book for my women's small group. The "Digging Deep" sections at the end provided wonderfully thought-provoking questions. Personally, I could have done eithout the lead in stories. While a few were funny, I found a lot of them simply too silly to read. I skipped the second half of them during our study as I didn't feel they were adding anything to the learning. Overall,I enjoyed the lessons and conversations that came from the book.

[Arlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nobody's perfect,only Jesus is.But as we aspire to be a Proverbs 31 woman, we are simply to do our best under God's guidance, and leave the rest to him

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Funny--this book is a series of essays on each of the author's experiments with trying to live the different virtues of the proverbs woman. Very relatable!!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good women's group book. One of the funniest books I have ever read. Chapters are short and to the point. Great for Christian book clubs especially when people never have time to do the reading.

[Aimee]

A book on how to do something