Motherhood Without All the Rules
Trading Stressful Standards for Gospel Truths
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- Women
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Ditch Pressure for Freedom in Christ Any mom who has tried to create a godly home for her family knows it doesn't happen automatically. Through books, blogs, and Instagram accounts, culture asserts that good moms must follow certain standards and abide by certain rules if she want what's best for her children. She must do everything she can—and she must do it all just right. Following the suggested steps and recommended rules may seem best, but what if we're missing the point? This is something Maggie Combs came to realize while seeking to be a good mom to her three sons. Though the world around us may have critical expectations and rules for mothering, Christ instead calls moms to an intimate, abiding relationship with a triune God. In Motherhood Without All the Rules, Maggie identifies the main "rules" moms today often feel pressured to follow and counters them with gospel truth. You'll discover how the character of each member of the trinity practically impacts your role as a mom. Join Maggie in forgetting the rules, so that instead of being a good mom, you grow to become a holy mom.
Endorsements (7)
“Maggie Combs has thrown a lifeline to moms everywhere. With wisdom and vulnerability, she tackles some of the most popular but unhelpful clichés offered to moms today—and shows, instead, how to trade those "stressful standards" for the truth, help, and freedom of the gospel. Motherhood Without All the Rules will encourage you, challenge you, help you, remind you, instruct you, and, most of all, point you to Jesus.”
“If you are ready to find freedom from unhelpful expectations and replace them with hope-filled truth, then Motherhood Without All the Rules is the book you have been looking for. Filled with practical takeaways and transformational ideas, it is sure to gain a place at the top of your favorite books list.”
“I wish I'd had Motherhood Without All the Rules when I first began my mothering journey. In it, Maggie Combs shows mothers how to walk in the grace of the gospel while prayerfully relying on the Holy Spirit. This book is a gift to mamas in any stage.”
“If there's one thing that can make a person's mind start to sizzle like an overheated engine, it's the heaping pile of unspoken rules the world offers on motherhood. What a relief this book was to my sizzling, overheated mind! Maggie's clear, engaging, and precise writing has a way of cutting through the most frenetic noise. I read this book during one of my most stressful seasons of motherhood, and though the words of most other books seemed to wiggle off the page, Maggie's words sang through clear as a bell. Even the most frazzled readers will come away feeling as if they've engaged in meaningful, freeing conversation with a friend while also suspecting they've been treated with sharp gospel truths by a doctor with an impeccable bedside manner. Maggie, thank you.”
“As mothers, we so easily lose track of the simple gospel meant to fuel and sustain us. That's why I'm grateful for this resource! Maggie addresses the cultural messages in which we swim these days, pulling down false narratives and erecting beautiful God-oriented truths in their place. Read and let your heart be settled.”
“Reading this book has been like a warm conversation with a graceful friend who is speaking gospel truth directly to my wandering and forgetful heart. Mothering by the world's rules will stress and exhaust you, but embracing the truth of the gospel will lift your burden and make you whole in Christ. Open this book and take Maggie's hands as she invites you to make that trade.”
“In Motherhood Without All the Rules, Maggie offers moms tangible gospel hope through sharing her experiences and struggles in motherhood and pointing moms to Jesus. She reminds us that the pressure is off to be the perfect mama because we have the perfect heavenly Father guiding us and providing for us. Instead of living for the kingdom of ourselves, where we are the "queens," Maggie offers us another kingdom to live for—the kingdom of God, ruled by our good and gracious King. This book is for all moms, and I guarantee, after reading these pages, you'll be refreshed and reminded of God's great grace and the freedom He freely gives.”
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