Tender Mercy for a Mother's Soul

I cannot say enough about this book. I am a stay at home mom of 3 under 5 and managed to read this in a weekend! I felt like the author came over for coffee and stayed a while. What a blessing. My book club just finished discussing it and it is a favorite for each of us. I mailed a copy to five other friends. If you are in the midst of motherhood, please do your soul a favor and read this wonderful book.

This book really tends to a mother's soul. In a realistic way she portrays a mother's everyday life and shows how we can keep our relationship with God a priority during this season of life. I learned a lot from this book and I'm sure others will love it too.

This book was a long, warm hug for my soul. Guffey's honesty and warmth made me feel as though I was conversing with a close friend. She knows firsthand the demands of being a Mom and also knows the necessity of Moms taking time to soothe their spirits and nurture their relationship with God. It is beautifully written and in a format that can be read in those 10 minute pockets of time mothers live in. Tender Mercy for a Mother's Soul will encourage and uplift all mothers. It is a must read for mothers with children at home.

Angela Guffey spoke directly to me in a gentle but truthful way. What a wonderful reminder to me that to be the best wife and mom I can be, I need to tend to my soul and the growth of it. This book renewed not only my passion for mothering but also my passion for ministering to others as Ms. Guffey has ministered to me through this writing. The style is easy to read for us mom's who are catching a bit during kids naps or late at night, but the content of simply one page gives me enought to think about for an entire day! I can't wait to read it again!

Call it what you will. I call it Divine Providence. God has spoken to my aching, empty soul through the work of Angela Thomas Guffey. He brought this book into my home and changed my course with the first three chapters and is carrying me home with the last. I cannot wait to read it again.As a mother of four children age five and under, I find myself not only physically exhausted but mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausted as well. Who could understand how I feel? Who could provide a reason why other than, "your a mom of four small children; you should be exhausted"? Angela has more-than-described the longings of my heart through her own life experiences. In fact, she has answered my question as to why I am so exhausted---my soul is empty. My soul is longing, and it has been left to fend for itself for too long. In the midst of being a mom, the most important job in the world, I have neglected to care for my soul.Tender Mercy for a Mother's Soul provides insight and reason into the importance of a mother taking time to care for her soul so that she can go about the most important work that God has for her--the care of her children. Angela has a gift from God. She is using her passion to reach out to women just like me and just like you who need these words of comfort and strength.More than just comforting or encouraging words, though, Angela provides a creative path back to the Father through her personal journey and through powerful Scripture. She offers suggestions as to how each mom can create her own personal time with God, amidst the chaos of childrearing, and bring her cup to the Lord so that she would be filled to overflowing, and, to quote her, "sloshing out Jesus everywhere."Read this book. Keep it to read again and again, and get one for your best friend. You will laugh. You will cry. You WILL relate. Fill your dry, empty cup; renew your passion; send your children into the world having lived in a home full of God's grace and mercy overflowing from your nutured soul. God has called you.