M Is for Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood

by Abbie Halberstadt

Hardcover, 2022

Status

Checked out
Due 21 April 2024

Call number

248.8431

Publication

Harvest House Publishers (2022), 240 pages

Description

Family & Relationships. Health & Fitness. Religion & Spirituality. Nonfiction. HTML: A PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully rise to the high calling of motherhood without settling for mediocrity or losing their minds in the process. Motherhood is a challenge. Unfortunately, our worldly culture offers moms little in the way of real help. Mamas only connect to celebrate surviving another day and to share in their misery rather than rejoice in what God has done and to build each other up in hard times. There has a be a better way, a biblical way, for mamas to grow and thrive. As a daughter of Christ, you have been called to be more than an average mama. Attaining excellence doesn't have to be unsettling but it will take committed focus and a desire to parent well according to God's grace and for His glory. M is for Mama offers advice, encouragement, and scripturally sound strategies seasoned with a little bit of humor to help you embrace the challenge of biblical motherhood and raise your children with love and wisdom. Mama, you are worthy of the awesome responsibility God has given you. Now it's time to start believing you can live up to it..… (more)

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I found a lot of valuable information, and I love that she continuously points you back to scripture, giving actual verses, for any guidance. The second half of the book got a little bit petty to me. Citing moms who are doing it wrong and leaning into mediocre mothering while explaining that she
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has ten kids and a business and is still able to do it all. Definitely worth the read for great scripture to cling to and encouragement in using gentle words, but take it with a grain of salt. We strive for Christ-like attitudes in motherhood, but we are human, and by definition, that means we often fail.

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On finding wisdom on being a mother in scripture:

“When we approach it with the same air of studiousness that we would any other profession at which we want to excel, we exponentially increase the likelihood of us not only surviving, but thriving in a household of peace instead of chaos.”
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

240 p.; 8.1 inches

ISBN

0736983775 / 9780736983778

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