The Better Mom: Growing in Grace between Perfection and the Mess

Mothering is messy. Our joy and hope in raising children doesn't change the reality that being a mom can be frustrating, stressful, and tiring.*But just as God is using us to shape our children, God is using our children and motherhood to shape us.**

In*The Better Mom, author Ruth Schwenk, herself a mother of four children, encourages us with the good news that there is more to being a mom than the extremes of striving for perfection or simply embracing the mess. We don't need to settle for surviving our kids' childhood. We can grow*through*it.

With refreshing and heartfelt honesty Ruth emboldens moms to:

  • Find freedom and walk confidently in purpose
  • Create a God-honoring home environment*
  • Overcome unhealthy and*destructive emotions such as anger, anxiety, and more
  • Avoid glorifying the mess of*mom-ing or idolizing*perfection
  • Cultivate life-giving friendships*

At the heart of*The Better Mom*is the message that Jesus calls us to live not a*weary*life, but a*worthy*life. We don't have to settle for either being apathetic or struggling to be perfect. Both visions of motherhood go too far. Ruth offers a better option. She says, “It's okay to come as we are, but what we're called to do and be is far too important to stay there! The way to becoming a better mom starts not with what we are doing, but with who God is inviting us to become."

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The Better Mom: Growing in Grace between Perfection and the Mess

Mothering is messy. Our joy and hope in raising children doesn't change the reality that being a mom can be frustrating, stressful, and tiring.*But just as God is using us to shape our children, God is using our children and motherhood to shape us.**

In*The Better Mom, author Ruth Schwenk, herself a mother of four children, encourages us with the good news that there is more to being a mom than the extremes of striving for perfection or simply embracing the mess. We don't need to settle for surviving our kids' childhood. We can grow*through*it.

With refreshing and heartfelt honesty Ruth emboldens moms to:

  • Find freedom and walk confidently in purpose
  • Create a God-honoring home environment*
  • Overcome unhealthy and*destructive emotions such as anger, anxiety, and more
  • Avoid glorifying the mess of*mom-ing or idolizing*perfection
  • Cultivate life-giving friendships*

At the heart of*The Better Mom*is the message that Jesus calls us to live not a*weary*life, but a*worthy*life. We don't have to settle for either being apathetic or struggling to be perfect. Both visions of motherhood go too far. Ruth offers a better option. She says, “It's okay to come as we are, but what we're called to do and be is far too important to stay there! The way to becoming a better mom starts not with what we are doing, but with who God is inviting us to become."

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The Better Mom: Growing in Grace between Perfection and the Mess

The Better Mom: Growing in Grace between Perfection and the Mess

by Ruth Schwenk

Narrated by Crestina Hardie

Unabridged — 5 hours, 47 minutes

The Better Mom: Growing in Grace between Perfection and the Mess

The Better Mom: Growing in Grace between Perfection and the Mess

by Ruth Schwenk

Narrated by Crestina Hardie

Unabridged — 5 hours, 47 minutes

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Mothering is messy. Our joy and hope in raising children doesn't change the reality that being a mom can be frustrating, stressful, and tiring.*But just as God is using us to shape our children, God is using our children and motherhood to shape us.**

In*The Better Mom, author Ruth Schwenk, herself a mother of four children, encourages us with the good news that there is more to being a mom than the extremes of striving for perfection or simply embracing the mess. We don't need to settle for surviving our kids' childhood. We can grow*through*it.

With refreshing and heartfelt honesty Ruth emboldens moms to:

  • Find freedom and walk confidently in purpose
  • Create a God-honoring home environment*
  • Overcome unhealthy and*destructive emotions such as anger, anxiety, and more
  • Avoid glorifying the mess of*mom-ing or idolizing*perfection
  • Cultivate life-giving friendships*

At the heart of*The Better Mom*is the message that Jesus calls us to live not a*weary*life, but a*worthy*life. We don't have to settle for either being apathetic or struggling to be perfect. Both visions of motherhood go too far. Ruth offers a better option. She says, “It's okay to come as we are, but what we're called to do and be is far too important to stay there! The way to becoming a better mom starts not with what we are doing, but with who God is inviting us to become."


Product Details

BN ID: 2940171761394
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 04/24/2018
Edition description: Unabridged
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