Idols of a Mother’s Heart

Posted on 09 January 2017 by Christina Fox

Even good things can become idols if we give them central importance in our lives Having children changes everything, and as mothers, we risk looking for life, purpose and meaning in motherhood While being a mother brings its unique set of challenges, these years of raising children and helping them grow in the nurture and admonition of the Lord provide an opportunity to grow in our own Christlikeness as well.Writing from her own personal experience as a mom, Christina Fox encourages mothers to prayerfully and thoughtfully examine their own hearts, and to let God use motherhood as a means of sanctification.Split into three sections, the first chapter looks at the meaning motherhood chapters 2 4 are about idolatry chapters 5 9 focus on a few different idols that mothers might worship not an exhaustive list, but a common few and the final chapters are about facing idols, dethroning them, and turning our heart back to the One true God.Chapter titles include Part I1 The Sanctifying Work of Motherhood2 Made for Worship3 What is Idolatry 4 Identifying Idols in Our LivesPart II5 The Idol of Children6 The Idol of Achievement and Success7 The Idol of Comfort8 The Idol of Control9 The Idol of ApprovalPart III10 Turning from Our Idols11 Turning to Christ Free Download [ Idols of a Mother’s Heart ] author [ Christina Fox ] – kino-fada.fr If you re an overwhelmed mom, Christina Fox gets what you re going through Unlike hard and difficult jobs I ve had before, motherhood is all consuming It consumes energy, time, emotion, wisdom, and everything else It reveals our insufficiencies It shows us just much we don t know and how incapable we really are And, it seems to spotlight sin in our heart, magnifying it so what we see the depths of our sin in ways we ve never noticed before It can re...Excellent book for mommas I read this on KindleUnlimitedIdols of a Mother s Heart provides a thought provoking journey as to what motivates our actions, what dominates our thoughts, and what acts as a roadblock to worship If we don t worship God, we will find another idol to take His place Fox identifies common idols for mothers and explains how to turn from one s idols and towards Christ I appreciate that this book doesn t leave one feeling defeated but rather empowered to identify and conquer the things that keep her from fully worshipping our o Idols of a Mother s Heart provides a thought provoking journey as to what motivates our actions, what dominates our thoughts, and what acts as a roadblock to worship If we don t worship God, we will find another idol to take His place Fox identifies common idols for mothers and explains how to turn from one s idols and towards Christ I appreciate that this book doesn t leave one feeling defeated but rather empowered to identify and conq...It had been one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days The kind where nothing went the way it should I must have corrected the kids every five minutes I refereed fights, cleaned up mess after mess, repeated instructions, and tried to create order out of chaos I was exhausted, irritated, and impatient.Sitting at the dinner table that evening, it was my oldest son s turn to give thanks When I heard him say, And God, could you please help mommy to be patient with us I realiz It had been one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days The kind where nothing went the way it should I must have corrected the kids every five minutes I refereed fights, cleaned up mess after mess, repeated instructions, and tried to create order out of chaos I was exhausted, irritated, and impatient.Sitting at the dinner table that evening, it was my oldest son s turn to give thanks When I heard him say, And God, could you please help mommy...Motherhood is hard so very, very hard Expectations from others as well as expectation from ourselves keep us looking for the secrets that will make us successful at mothering Whether its how well our children behave or how we can juggle everything in our life, anything that makes us successful is pursued Often times they become the identity we seek and the hope we set our gaze on as we mother And, as Christina Fox shares, they often take the place God desires in our hearts as we serve Him i Motherhood is hard so very, very hard Expectations from others as well as expectation from ourselves keep us looking for the secrets that will make us successful at mothering Whether its how well our children behave or how we can juggle everything in our life, anything that makes us successful is pursued Often times they become the identity we seek and the hope we set our gaze on as we mother And, as Christina Fox shares, they often take the place God desires in our hearts as we serve Him in our mothering In this book, Christina draws our attention to the things we often live for in our parenting instead of living for the glory of God Even as she makes us aware of these idols, she is faithful to draw our attention to the goodness of the gospel, the work of Christ on behalf of us idolatrous mothers While it can be painful to become aware of the idols in our lives as is done in this book, seeing the beauty of Je...I had a hard time deciding how to rate this one Technically, it s theologically solid, and there were some good insights and reminders scattered throughout that encouraged me It was refreshing to see a right understanding of sanctification that encourages moms to keep putting off sin and putting on Christ Somehow it all still fell a little flat for me in the end It was an ok study of idolatry ge...What a beautifully written book for mothers that speaks to the very core of who we are and what we are living for Christina bases her discussion of idolatry on a firm Biblical foundation and weaves the Gospel throughout so that the reader is not left to despair Highly ...

09 January 2017

Christina Fox