Krystle’s Reviews > Detoured: The Messy, Grace-Filled Journey from Working Professional to Stay-at-Home Mom > Status Update

Pg. 43 “Go ahead & tell God about what you miss—even the things you deem silly or nonsensical. Perhaps you miss the long drive to work, alone with your thoughts & the radio. Maybe it was shopping guilt-free for work clothes. Whatever it might be, if it matters to you, it matters to God.”

Pg. 41 “God whispered to my heart that, in my own way, I was behaving no differently than my toddler. God told me there was an unknown place of beauty He wanted to take me to, but I did not trust Him enough to follow. I wanted to stay where I was, with what I had known. The truth was, I had never known the reality of working and having a child. I only knew what it was to enjoy my career separate from motherhood.”

Pg. 40 “We can & should bring our questions before Him, knowing He is faithful to answer & our confidence comes through Christ. He will always meet you where you are.”

Pg. 37 “When we are in the proper position of humility and submission to God, we openhandedly give Him the glory of any title He wishes to hold in our lives and hearts… Jesus is not interested in the titles you hold, but in the ones you allow Him to hold in your life.”

Pg. 29 “This is your path, your motherhood journey, & yours are the children God has entrusted to you. It doesn’t all make sense right now. It really doesn’t have to. For right now, serve God with all that you have, & be content to know that you are enough because He is enough. The rest will fall into place. You’ll see.”

Pg. 29 “This is our allotted time to experience life with all of its tender beauty & aching sorrows. Let’s not spend it comparing & despairing because we believe the lie that perfection is possible outside of Christ.”

Pg. 28 “At His table, you are exceedingly loved, eternally accepted, & forever approved to sit with Him.”

Pg. 29 “The goals He will encourage you to set in the future will look a lot different from the ones you’re used to, but God-set goals are the only ones you want to achieve anyway, right?”

Pg. 26 “He’s asking you to stop striving for approval & achievement & to place your trust in who He says you are: worthy, righteous, beloved. These are the only titles your soul has truly ever held. His credentials are the only ones you need.”

Pg. “If you fall in that category & having a baby didn’t come easily, giving yourself the permission to admit you don’t always enjoy motherhood without also feeling shame can be close to impossible. Motherhood isn’t easy for any of us, regardless of how we entered into it.”