Mama Needs a Break

Oh, the sweet merry-go-round of motherhood. All is pure joy and excitement until...someone loses the off switch.The exhilarating ride Mama once treasured soon becomes draining and resented with no way to step off periodically for refocus and recharge. All mothers recognize their need for a break, but few mothers have the skills to fully utilize Christ's fulfilling rest in the middle of their trials.This is the story of one mother who struggled to find rest raising THREE toddlers at once. Stuck in a constant swirl of guilt, worry, exhaustion, busyness, and so-embarrassing-it's-funny mishaps, she desperately searched for a break from her challenges.But it wasn't until she developed the ever-so-challenging skill of taking a break in the chaos that she discovered the peace God had promised all along.When Mama Needs a Break stopped becoming her daily plead and started becoming her daily practice, God's perseverance was the result. From exhausted to enriched, from bitter in her workload to hopeful in her hardships, author Kristen Love shares the important skills of turning to God for rest and restoration in the middle of the war zone that is raising toddlers.