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“Every Hour” Launch Week Collection šŸ«¶šŸ¼

by Katie Faris

This week, Every Hour I Need You: 30 Meditations for Moms on the Character of God, was launched into the world! And this week, as I’ve cared for sick children in our home, I’ve needed its message more than ever.

Here are the opening sentences from the book’s introduction:

Every hour I need you. Morning, noon, and night. Every minute and every second. Every breath. More than anything else in my life, motherhood has illuminated my need for God. You too?

In the mundane moments as well as the desperate times, whether life feels calm or crazy, in both the joys and sorrows of motherhood, we need the Lord. We need him when…

  • We can’t fall asleep because we’re worried about our children.
  • It takes longer to get out the door and things (or people) don’t move according to our schedules.
  • The same sin issue arises again and again.
  • There’s an unwanted diagnosis.
  • A child is slow to learn to read.
  • Our never-ending to-do lists become monotonous.
  • We’re pulled in multiple directions and feel overwhelmed.
  • Questions are many and the answers few.
  • Our spirits are willing, but the flesh is oh-so-tired.

Check, check, and check. Yes. This is all just as true today as it was when I started writing Every Hour I Need You.

And praise God for being the same God: unchangeable, faithful, wise, holy, and all-knowing. He is self-sufficient, having everything he needs within himself, and he is sufficient for weak and needy moms like me. When mom life exposes our insufficiency, God invites us to know him and lead our children to him, to discover what he means when he says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). May the Lord use Every Hour I Need You to encourage moms with truth about who he is and what that means for them on their motherhood journeys.

Enjoy this launch week collection, and go ahead and share it with a mom friend!

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