Mary Bender’s Reviews > Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood > Status Update

“When your heart quakes with dread because of your sin, think of Christ who writhed in agony on the cross under the weight of your sin.”

“Oh how we need eyes to see that God is the center of the universe! As dizzying as the pain we experience in raising children can be, we need to have the wherewithal to remember how it points us to God himself.”

“Our multiplier pain in multiplying is intended to point us to a profound theological reality: we need a Deliverer.”

“May God’s faithfulness be what gets us out of bed in the morning, closes our eyes at night, and sustains us during the nights filled with mothering work.”