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A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
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As with all of Elizabeth George's books, A Mom After God's Own Heart is a solid, practical, and very BIBLICAL look at what it means to be a woman who seeks the Lord. This book is filled with excellent application for a mother's day to day life, yet succeeds in dealing with "heart issues" rather than just being a "to-do list." I was encouraged and inspired by this read.

As a Mum of (almost) four under four and a half, I don't have time for airy theories. I need something that will help me at the coal face! This book is it. It has a strong scriptural basis and inspires me to be a better Mum in practical ways without drowning me in guilt about the dishes still in the sink or the tiredness I sometimes feel. Mrs George is a real Titus 2 woman!

I am so glad that I purchased this book for myself. It has changed my way of seeing motherhood for the better. Elizabeth teaches on the important job that we have as mothers in areas that we never thought before. No matter what stage you are in as a mom; this book will be encourage you, teach you, and inspire you in your journey!

I love this book. It gives you great ideas on how to truly love and teach your children as the Lord instructs. Elizabeth George is a great author who is not afraid to say what moms need to hear!

This is a must have for all mothers. I got so many Godly ideas to use in becoming a more Christ like mom. I felt impowered after I read this book. I really like to read Elizabeth George books.

First off- this book has great reminders of how to be a great mom and a constant witness. Great ideas for the everyday and has a very encouraging uplifting 'tone' to the book.
But here is where I'm completely frustrated: The writing is awful. I'll read through a chapter and find that I'm rereading the same section over and over and over and I'm just confused. The author uses parenthesis constantly (like this!!), even when not needed (for example). Maybe I am being too picky but beyond the general grammar, the actual substance is, again, frustrating. In an entire paragraph there will only be a single sentence of the authors personal commentary and the rest is filled with random authors and speakers. Some introduced and some not. Then there are whole sections where an example, or rather an analogy, is being used that is so vague or hard to follow that it detracts from the actual point, or the analogy is so poignant and then the topic abruptly switches and the reader is left dangling, confused.
Examples read like this: 'An author said "in a study children were....".' What Author? What study is that author referring to? This author isn't using any of her own deductions or reasoning, she's using an unnamed author to make a point from an unnamed study. I'm sure there are footnotes at the back, but I'm disillusioned from the lack of personal, well, authoring. Also, something that I'm sure is supposed to be endearing, is the style of writing. The author writes like she's giving a presentation or a speech, and then inserts personal talking points to you, most of the time in parenthesis and very distracting.
All that to say: great topic, great ideas, but challenging to follow along and frustrating to read.

This is a great book for Moms at any stage. It's even better for someone who is pregnant. It goes into the principals that God has laid out for a mother. His ultimate plan for us as mothers. We are to teach our children to pray even before they can speak! She goes into really great craft ideas to incorperate into your daily routine with your kids or grandkids. It really is a great book.

I think this book has great advice for parents who want to instill God's word in their children's life.

I got a lot out of this book, BUT...

This was not even close to Elizabeth George's book, A WOMAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART. Not even close.

After "Woman", my husband was telling me I was different -- he said he thought the book had made me a better woman.

I consider that pretty good feedback!

This book, while very meaningful, just was not as ... life-enhancing.

I would HIGHLY recommend A Woman After God's Own Heart by the same author.

Having dsaid that, there were a lot of great scripture and applications in this book.

I give it a four, and I would recommend it for all women, moms already or moms-to-be.

I do have one nit-picking complaint about the book -- Mrs. George uses "purpose" as a verb throughout the book, and it is jarring every time. As in, "purpose today to pray for your children." I think "commit" or "plan" or "prayerfully consider" would have been a more normal word usage, instead of "purpose". It bugged me so much that it became an inside joke for my husband and me. As in "Purpose today to go to the store and get me some orange juice."...or "Purpose today to cut the grass."... or "Did you purpose to turn out the lights upstairs?"

I did love most of this book. However there was this nagging feeling that I already missed the mark and could not really catch up with teaching my kids the values that we want to. In the book she talks about how her kids were young (perhaps 3ish) and how she had already missed so much about teaching her kids. I am sorry but with three kids under four, I do not have much time or energy to be constantly filling them with the teachings of God. The book made me feel bad and I doubt that I have messed up my four year old in this matter. I do have to rely on Sunday School and tidbits and prayer during the day, but cannot devote the time that I felt that she was asking me to. Seems more ideal than what is reality.