Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad

The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

De: Abbie Halberstadt

Narrado por: Abbie Halberstadt, Shaun Halberstadt

Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps parents see how God can use the everyday trials of child raising to radically transform how they view hardship and grow to become more like Jesus.

"Why me, Lord?"

Amid the toddler tantrums, the mealtime melees, and the backseat blowups, have you found yourself asking God that same question? Maybe even screaming it into a couch pillow? You're not alone.

Your most trying moments as a parent can quickly spiral into discouragement, hopelessness, and sometimes even resentment toward God or your family—partly because our culture has conditioned us to believe that anything this hard can't possibly be good for us.

Abbie Halberstadt, author of the bestselling M Is for Mama, shares scriptural wisdom and lessons learned from her own challenges as a mama of ten to help shift your perspective on the hardships of parenting and of life, in general.

When you begin to see struggles as a necessary part of God's plan for your spiritual growth, you can discover supernatural peace and purpose, even when you're down in the deepest trenches of parenthood.

©2023 Abbie Halberstadt (P)2023 eChristian

Beautiful encouragement that points back to Christ

I appreciate Annie’s heart I’m pointing moms back to Christ and away from the draw to fall into the secular view of motherhood

Ahhh beautiful premise!

I absolutely love the title which is also the premise of this book. It’s important and it’s true. Abbie does a wonderful job imho giving practical biblical advice while sharing information and personal stories. I will likely reread this one or at the very least, refer back to several chapters over the years to come. Really grateful for the strongly backed reminder that Hard is not the same thing as Bad! And the importance of and gift that mothering truly is. Perspective shifts and how you voice what is happening in your world can literally change your life! Lastly, l’ll mention that I firmly believe in “The Hard” showing us the need for a savior! Without the hard in my life, I don’t know what could have brought me to Him so fiercely! And they keeps me needing him every moment of every day.

Super encouraging!

I loved how Abbie continued to bring every challenge and topic back to biblical truth. This book was extremely encouraging and a fun read! As a new mom it gave me insight into challenges I may face in the future and examples of how to walk through those well.

All mamas should read this book

Praise Jesus - thank you Abbie for your hard, but necessary truths and for always pointing us back to the gospel. Your words help guide me on my parenting journey.

Christ centered approach to motherhood

I appreciate the care this book gives in encouraging mothers and fathers in parenting. This book was a blessing to me.

Excellent resource for Christian Mamas

Plenty of Scripture, relatable anecdotes, practical wisdom, and application questions. The end of chapter re-caps are my favorite portion and I've already spoken to one of my mom friends about going through the book with me in the fall. 10/10 must read for Jesus loving Moms.

Absolutely amazing, as usual

I loved her first book and hoped this would be just as good…I was not disappointed!

Great listen!

This book is filled with Biblical truth to combat culture views of motherhood. I will recommend to others!

Godly Wisdom

This book is full of the scripture and Godly wisdom that our mama hearts need. Very well written and presented. I loved the bits where her husband joins in and offers a godly husband's point of view too. The practical steps and reflection pieces at the end of each chapter would make this great for a group or individual study as well. Highly recommend this read!

Most encouraging for “staying the course” in parenting!

Please Abby write another book soon ! So encouraging, inspiring, and helpful to keep raising our children on the path God has set for us which (usually) differs from the cultural norm. You help me realize I am not alone (or wrong!) !