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Book Review #1 – The Busy Mom’s Devotional

March 18th, 2008

I was contacted by the authors and/or their publicists to read and review 4 books for my MOPS newsletter.  (Then, after the review was published, we were free to give the books away as door prizes to 4 lucky MOPS moms.)  I recently gained permission to post these reviews on my blog.  The books are listed in the order I read them, not in any ranking order.  Enjoy!

The Busy Mom’s Devotional written by Lisa T. Bergren

Each year for Christmas I receive a devotional book as a present.  I’ve seen all kinds.. The ones with Scriptures to read each day.  The ones with short inspirational thoughts to start your day.  The ones that make you journal to your heart’s content.  Can you guess my success rate with these day-to-day, minute by minute devotional books?  Yep, most of them are sitting on my bookshelf, half-read or even unread.

This book is different.  I’m serious.  The subtitle of the book is 10 Minutes a Week to a Life of Devotion.  Only 52 stories packed inside this book, and she includes spaces for you to jot down your thoughts and prayers or even your shopping list, because of course, Moms have so many things running through our minds when we should be praying!  Perfect for a type A person like me.  (If you’re not type A, keep reading.)  Bergren takes a beautiful passage of Scripture from The Message Bible (paraphrase) and adds a short story about her life to illustrate it.  Although we Texas girls can’t identify with her stories of the Montana lakes or the cold winter’s temperatures, you will nod your head in agreement with her adventures in parenting.  To say “I’ve been there” is a bit trite, but true.  I wanted to include one of her stories in this review, but I honestly couldn’t choose just one. 

The phrase “Busy Mom” is an oxymoron.  If you’re a Mom, of one or especially more children, you will be busy.  This book is a great way to steal away some time to focus on your Heavenly Father.  After all, if we’re not focusing on Him, then the focus on other things will be blurry.  I highly recommend this book for reading.  

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