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These pages are filled with such helpful honesty and gospel centrality as were invited to look at the wonderful and messy world of motherhood! Reading it was like opening a window in the stuffy room of pretense, guilt, and self-focus that often press in on us as mothers. Let the windows fly open and come breathe the fresh air of grace!
Kristyn Getty, hymnwriter and recording artist
As mothers, our to-do list is never ending, and many well-meaning people pile on how-to lists to try to help us manage it all. Heres good news: Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full refreshes the soul with gospel truths and is not a how-to book. Gloria Furman shares the liberating gospel on every page, helping us fix our eyes on eternity rather than on our circumstances. You wont come away with yet another thing to do; instead youll know the one who gave it all for you and has much to say in his Word to sustain you.
Trillia Newbell, author, United: Captured by Gods Vision for Diversity
Moms do not need another book telling them how short they fall or what they can do to be a better parent. Moms need a book that will lift their eyes away from themselves and onto Christ. Gloria Furman has delivered just that book. Her honesty about her daily struggles and her hope in her strong Savior are a delightful encouragement. The grand picture of God and his redeeming love that Gloria paints gives courage to face each day. We will be recommending this book to future moms, new moms, and moms that have been at it for years.
Jessica Thompson and Elyse Fitzpatrick, co-authors, Give Them Grace
Oh, how I wish I had had a voice like Gloria Furmans to whisper such sweet gospel truths into the frustrations and discontent of my younger mothering days! Theres nothing simplistic or syrupy here. This book presents rich and deep wisdom that is sure to generate joy and peace in the homes and hearts of many moms.
Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher; author, Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series
A stunning invitation to see Christ in and through the everyday mundane. Every mother needs to read this book, to bathe her soul in the truth of the gospel, to stamp eternity on her eyeballs, and then come back tomorrow and do it all again. This book should sit on every nightstand of every weary mother wondering if there is anything more to look forward to than another sink full of dirty dishes, another day full of cleaning and wiping, cooking and scrubbing. The answer Gloria points us to is Jesus. And he is more than enough. I will be buying this book by the case and giving it away to all the moms I meet!
Joy Forney, missionary mama; proud wife; blogger at GraceFullMama.com
I was wonderfully blessed by this book. With personal examples and teaching immersed in Scripture, Gloria invites us to savor Christ, the deepest need and joy of every mother. I certainly will reread it and look forward to recommending it to others.
Trisha DeYoung, happy wife to Kevin DeYoung, author of Just Do Something and Crazy Busy!; stay-at-home mother of six
We need this book. In the frenetic and sometimes overwhelming task of parenting, its hard to remember the gospel. Thank God for Gloria Furman! She helps us worship Jesus in the midst of chaotic commotion and see interruptions as invitations to joyfully trust him. Both mothers and fathers will find deep encouragement here.
Jon and Pam Bloom, President, Desiring God, and his wife
Also by Gloria Furman:
Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home (2013)
Treasuring Christ
WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE FULL
Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms
GLORIA FURMAN
Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full:
Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms
Copyright 2014 by Gloria C. Furman
Published by Crossway
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Cover design: Erik Maldre & Crystal Courtney
Cover image: Brandon Hill Photos, BrandonHillPhotos.com
First printing 2014
Printed in the United States of America
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright 2001 by Crossway. 2011 Text Edition. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
All emphases is Scripture quotations have been added by the author.
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-3888-9
PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-3889-6
Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-3890-2
ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-3891-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Furman, Gloria, 1980
Treasuring Christ when your hands are full : gospel meditations for busy moms / Gloria Furman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN 978-1-4335-3889-6 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-4335-3890-2 (mobi) ISBN 978-1-4335-3891-9 (epub) ISBN 978-1-4335-3888-9 (tp)
1. MothersReligious life. 2. SpiritualityChristianity.
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Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
To my mother, Catherine
Contents
Acknowledgments
Thank you, Jesus, for building your church here in the Middle East. Thank you to the older women at Redeemer Church of Dubai, who take the instructions in Titus 2 seriously. You dote on the babes in Christ, instruct younger women, and teach what is good. Thank you for your faithful mothering as you exhort and encourage women to love their family and adorn the gospel. You're a blessing to me and so many!
Thank you, Cheryl Madewell, for the countless hours you spent with me when I was a sophomore in college, teaching me to put great effort into studying and loving Gods Word. Thank you, Ngoc Brown and Carolyn Wellons, for teaching me that I need to treasure Christ in order to love my pastor-husband. Thank you, Mary Waters, for showing how the joy of the Lord is our strength to care for people through seasons of suffering. Thank you, Kim Blough, for sitting with me in that dark season in the desert when I felt that my hands would only ever be full of pain and hopelessness. You held out the hope of the gospel to me over and over againthank you.
I'm thankful for these bloggers who specifically write and blog in order to point mothers to treasure Christ. Thank you for your friendship and sharpening influence, Lindsey Carlson, Kimm Crandall, Christina Fox, Trillia Newbell, Luma Simms, and JessicaThompson.
It is a precious thing to have friends who pursue Christ through all the delights and sorrows of motherhood. Thank you, Monica deGarmeaux and Laurie Cuchens, for modeling this to me through both profound grief and joy. By Gods grace, your lives testify that the God whom you worship is worthy of all praise.
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