Gospel-Centered Mom: The Freeing Truth About What Your Kids Really Need

It?s Time to Stop Trying to Be the Perfect MomYou long to be the mom your kids need, but often you?re convinced you come up short. The label ?not enough? seems to be stamped across everything you do-and yet parenting is the one thing you want most to get right. What if the solution is simply to embrace the truth that you are not enough-but God is? InGospel-Centered Mom Brooke McGlothlin reveals how our entire approach to motherhood shifts when we stop chasing our vision of a perfect family and start full-out pursuing God. With refreshing candor, Brooke examines the daunting task of raising children in the light of God?s Word and challenges you to:        · embrace your moment-by-moment need for Jesus        · release the stress of believing everything is your responsibility        · learn to fightfor rather thanagainst your child        · believe that the story God is writing with your life is worth the sacrifice        · practice the daily disciplines that lead to Gospel-centered parentingAs you learn to anchor your life in the Gospel, you?ll find increased freedom, purpose, and joy in motherhood. And you?ll discover that Jesus is more than capable of meeting every need, for your children and for you. Review ?Brooke McGlothlin doesn?t gloss over the hard truths of motherhood or provide quick fixes for our parenting failures. Instead she offers something much more meaningful. Brooke walks us right through the hard truths of motherhood so that we will more deeply treasure the beautiful truth of the Gospel and, as a result, be transformed into Gospel-centered moms.? -Jeannie Cunnion, author of Mom Set Free?Gospel-Centered Mom is a must-read for every Christian mom who constantly doubts that she is succeeding at motherhood. Brooke cuts right to the heart of what most moms wrestle with day-to-day, and she invites readers in like old friends engaging in an honest conversation with a cup of coffee in one hand and a Bible in the other. This book is chock full of applicable Bible verses and heartfelt stories that meet moms right where they are and gracefully unpacks both the hard truths and beautiful truths that moms need to accept and embrace. This book eased my mama heart, encouraged me to be a stronger advocate for my children, and taught me practical ways to keep God at the center of my parenting and daily life.? -Ashley Willis, coauthor of 7 Days to a Stronger Marriage?I?ve watched this message beautifully played out in Brooke?s life long before she wrote these words on the page. She isn?t saying these things because they are popular; she is saying them because they are true. Brooke is the perfect person to remind us that being a Gospel-centered mom drives us every day to our true source of strength: Jesus. I believe this book will bring a message of freedom and hope to moms everywhere.? -Stacey Thacker, author of Fresh Out of Amazing?Brooke?s warmth and authenticity draw you into each story she shares. Through her honesty you connect with her. Her struggles are your struggles. But she?s not throwing a pity party about the trials of motherhood. In Gospel-Centered Mom, Brooke challenges her readers to embrace their insufficiencies and accept Jesus?s enough-ness. She argues against striving and offers rest in Him. Motherhood isn?t for wimps. Brooke?s book is a dare-a dare to keep the Gospel at the center instead of our kids or ourselves.? -Rachael Carman, homeschool mother of seven, RachaelCarman.com?As moms we often look at the lives of our children and wonder, Are we doing this thing called motherhood right? In Gospel-Centered Mom, Brooke McGlothlin, using the truth of God?s Word, reconfigures the definition of who and what we are to be. When we direct our energy and focus on Christ first, our roles as mothers flow from that place of fullness-a redirection we all need.? -Lynn Cowell, Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and author of Brave Beauty?This book is like a