Dan B. Allender, Ph.D.
"...If there is one book you read this year, I would sell the farm to buy this labor of love..."


John Eldredge
"If you want to take the risk of coming alive as a woman, this book will take you there..."


Book Description
Hope holds out the alluring promise of the good that is yet to come. But what happens when longing is met with unrealized requests, disease, severed friendships, infertility, singleness, lost passion, wayward children, or the sheer repetition of life? Many women forego the promise of hope in order to avoid the pain that disappointment and loss often brings. Hope can be painful, but without it, people cannot continue. And while refusing to dream may protect them from the harsh winds of reality that buffet their souls, it can also keep them from experiencing the beauty that God is creating in their lives. Where does one find the courage to keep an open heart focused on the sure future God has promised? "We either respond to hope with our hearts," says Jan Meyers, "or we try to push it down. Responding to hope brings a deepened sense of thirst and ache but it reminds us what it truly means to be a woman." Meyers' refreshingly honest and compassionate look at both sides of hope will help readers find the courage to keep hoping-even in those places where hope seems to have been destroyed. And while hope is never without risk, its transcending power can make people more fully alive.


About the Author
JAN MEYERS is an author, counselor, and speaker residing in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has conducted women’s seminars in the United States and overseas and has had her work published in The Mars Hill Review. She is the author of The Allure of Hope and Hope and Joy Will Find You, a guided journal.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Hope holds out the alluring promise of the good that is yet to come. But what happens when longing is met with unrealized requests, disease, severed friendships, infertility, singleness, lost passion, wayward children, or the sheer repetition of life? Many women forego the promise of hope in order to avoid the pain that disappointment and loss often brings.

Hope can be painful, but without it, people cannot continue. And while refusing to dream may protect them from the harsh winds of reality that buffet their souls, it can also keep them from experiencing the beauty that God is creating in their lives. Where does one find the courage to keep an open heart focused on the sure future God has promised?

"We either respond to hope with our hearts," says Jan Meyers, "or we try to push it down. Responding to hope brings a deepened sense of thirst and ache but it reminds us what it truly means to be a woman." Meyers' refreshingly honest and compassionate look at both sides of hope will help readers find the courage to keep hoping-even in those places where hope seems to have been destroyed. And while hope is never without risk, its transcending power can make people more fully alive.

The Allure of Hope is not a whimsical reminder of the importance of

keeping hope; it is an intimate song—bold, lyrical, passionate cry of how

hope seizes us and changes us in spite of our losses and fears. I was

riveted by her stories, confronted by her truths, and allured to the God who

is willing to suffer the loss of hope so that we will never be without His

love. If there is one book you read this year, I would sell the farm to buy

this labor of love from Jan Meyers. -Dan B. Allender, Ph.D.

If you want to take the risk of coming alive as a woman, this book will take you there with grace, with honesty, with humor, and with hope. You will find it ... alluring. And the effect upon you will be alluring as well. -John Eldredge

Author Biography: JAN MEYERS is currently a licensed professional counselor in Colorado Springs addressing women's lives through the journey of their heart. She specializes in issues of sexual abuse, gender struggles, and marriage counseling within those contests. Jan previously worked in Southern Africa and has been involved in training for cross-cultural living and ministry.