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Moms! Pressing Pause Devotion Releases Today {Giving Away 5 Copies!}

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Welcome to you joining by finding your way here from my Proverbs 31 Ministries devotion today called Where Does a Mom Go to Resign? {To read it, click here but be sure to come back for the giveaway!}

MOMS! Pressing Pause devotion now available! By Karen Ehman & Ruth Schwenk

I am so excited to be releasing my 9th book today! Pressing Pause: 100 Quiet Moments for Moms to Meet with Jesus is a devotional book for moms. Once upon a time, just last spring, this is what the idea looked like:

The original page from my writing idea notebook.
The original page from my writing idea notebook where I began to sketch out the verses for the devotions in the book.

I coauthored this book with my friend Ruth Schwenk from The Better Mom. Here is the description:

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Kids bickering? Schedule jam-packed? Dishes and laundry both piled up high? Perhaps it’s time you pressed pause.

Whether you’re juggling a career, kids’ schedules, and church commitments or you’re covered in spit-up and anxious about what the next eighteen years might hold, you can carve out a few quiet moments to rejuvenate your spirit.

Pressing Pause offers you a calm way to start your day, to refresh yourself in Jesus and drink deeply of His presence so that you are ready to pour out love, time, and energy into the people who matter most to you.

These 100 encouraging devotions for moms will help you begin each day with scripture, drawing on God’s power, ingesting His Word, and learning practical ways to love and serve more like His son.

Just a few minutes each day can help you center your heart and mind on what God has for you as His beloved daughter. So resist the rush. Halt the hustle. Press pause and find some calm in the chaos.

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Moms! Pressing Pause: 100 Quiet Moments for Moms to Meet with Jesus now available!

To celebrate the release of Pressing PauseI am giving away 5 copies!!

Winners will be chosen from among those who comment on this post. Leave us a comment letting us know what your life as a mom looks like. How many kids? Ages? Are you a stay-at-home mom, work outside the home or have a home business? {Winners chosen 4/5)

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  1. I am a stay at home homeschooling mom to one amazing 4 year old boy. I never intended to stay home or homeschool but God has other plans! This motherhood gig has been such a crazy adventure! I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

  2. I was so telling my husband today that I needed to pause and listen to God instead of being so busy and listening to everyone and everything else in the world.

  3. I I became a stay at home mom about 18mos ago. So happy with my choice, but what mom couldn’t use more refreshment in her day and time with God. I’d love to read your new book.

  4. Hey Karen! I’m a mom of two, ages 10 and 7 (one girl, one boy) and I’ve been a stay-at-home mom since my first baby was born. I do have a blog, but it isn’t really providing much income right now…hopefully that will change soon so that I can continue to stay home and take care of my family :)

  5. Hello from Iowa. Life with 3 kids 13, 9 & 4.5 is busy! I am a “stay at home” mom who has a fulltime home business providing childcare and works part time leading the Children’s Ministry at my church!

  6. Hi. I am mom to two daughters ages 10 and 7. We homeschool and I teach at their homeschool co-op. I love the choices we have made and am grateful to have had these options…even on the tough days.

  7. Mom of two: girl Kaylin age 8, boy Brady age 5. I work full time out of the home. Mother hood often looks messy in our home, but it’s a beautiful mess to me!

  8. HI there!
    My name is Jacqueline, I’m a 27 year old mother of 2. A 5 year old handsome boy and an 8 year old beautiful daughter whom is actually my step daughter, her biological mother passed away when she was 4 but has been in mine and my husbands life since day 1. Its amazing to see God rise beauty from the ashes, for she is the happiest little girl that Christ intended her to be. My husband is a fire fighter and the best support I’ve had since 2007! We came to the Lord together and have seen the enrichment of his glory and favor unfold in our lives day by day. I’m currently a full time nursing student who doesn’t work and has mounds of study material as high as the laundry. Sometimes its difficult to find time to sort it all out in 24 hours, that’s we’ve created Mr. Clock ( a time management organizer for the whole family). My days are filled with breakfast and lunch duties in the morning, bible study for 30 minutes, put a load to wash, study, make lunch , kids homework, hubby time, church every Wednesday and Sunday, tae kids to the park, study time, dinner, showers, bedtime story and prayers, study time… sleep?? what is that? and repeat the next day. Ive been trying to succeed at my degree since high school and the responsibilities of life have sort of caused some delay, but Im getting there one book at a time! Thank you and God Bless!

  9. I’m home with my 4 kids, ages 8, 6, 5, and 14 months. I’m working on a couple projects, trying to find a viable way to make an income while still at home. I struggle with teaching my kids how to keep things in order when it is such a struggle for me in the first place. Thank you for the encouragement. It was very timely today. I would love to give a copy of your book to my friend who is a single mom to two teenagers and a 7 year old.

  10. I have two kiddos 11 and 9. I am a full time self employed Speech Language Pathologist. My husband runs juvenile detention centers in our state, and he travels alot. We are building a house and living in a pond house right now that sits in the middle of a cow pasture. Although we see beautiful skies, trees and ponds it has been rough. Opening and closing cow gates every morning and night is a pain. I feel like I’m on thatovie Ground Hog day…actually said it to my husband this am when alarm went off. I screamed at my kids yesterday on the way to school…..like crazy lady scream….i made them cry then sent them to school to deal with life. I got my car stuck on the dirt road we live on our first night there. A wrecker had to pull me out. If you forget to close these gates you wake up to cows, donkeys, horses, and calves int he yard (this happened Sunday night and isn’t the first time). Shooing them out at 4 am…yeah. I’m trying to stay grounded and grateful but I feel like such a failure as a mom and wife. Walls are not closing in….they have slammed shut!!! Would love a free copy of this book. I’m desperate and need something that targets where I am right now. Not to mention I went from running half marathons to gaining 20 pounds with this stress. Tried to run yesterday and about my third step a bird pooped on my head. Lots of poop….he picked me out and bombed me. Sorry for the rant…Book or no book maybe this ramblr was therapeutic.

  11. I have 5 boys, ages 8,6,4,2 and 2 months. Yes, the Lord has blessed me with all boys. I am a stay at home mom, who feels like my house is a constant tornado. ?

  12. After three losses, my husband and I were blessed with the most adorable little baby boy 6 1/2 months ago. I happily stepped into the role of stay-at-home mom but I’m quickly finding out how much I have yet to learn. One thing I did learn pretty quickly was that if I don’t have some quiet time alone with God as early in the morning as possible, my attitude and the people around me are going to suffer for it. So I am trying to make time for prayer and Bible study the first priority of my day. Being a mom is revealing more sins than I would like to face and showing me how much I need my Savior every day.

  13. I’m a stay-at-home mom to 3 girls, 13, 10 and 7. Spring break is being spent tending to fevers and coughs. I constantly feel like I can’t catch up with life. Your new book sounds enticing.

  14. Wow! What a blessing! I wish I had this when my 4 kiddos were home! We still have a 16 & 22 yr old here.
    I will be blessing a few gals with this one!

    Please keep me posted on new small group materials too, as I facilitate those for our church!

  15. good morning! i saw a post about this book yesterday on instagram and promised myself i would look into it. lo and behold it was my devotional this morning as well {as i am a day behind}. how exciting to release a new book! i am a work at home mamma with two little ones, 2 and 5, who keep me on my toes! i recently revamped my blog and have rekindled my love for writing. i do this amidst the everyday mom duties and as you said, motherhood is good, hard work! our days aren’t always picture perfect but i wouldn’t change them. just the cover of this book gets me excited. pressing pause is so hard but as i’ve really made an effort the past year to carve out devotional time each morning, i’ve seen big results. thank you for writing this book!

  16. Life is so crazy right now for me! Between kids (two boys, age 13 & 9), school volunteering, my work as a church youth director, husband and some health issues he’s going through, my father fighting cancer…I’m ready for a pause!!!

  17. I’m a single mom of two. I have a thirteen year old boy and a 12 year old girl!! YEP! Two teens, arghhh! As much as they love each other they can’t stop arguing and pushing each other’s buttons. Sometimes it’s hard to keep my cool when they’re going at it. Your book would be a true blessing!

  18. Two littles- almost 3 and 3 months. Someone once told me that the hardest number of children to have is the number you currently have- so true! It can be hard to not feel crazy at any given time. What a blessing your book would be!

  19. Hi! I’m a stay-at-home mum of four kids. My daughter is 10, and I have three boys ages 9, 6, and 4. We are currently in “birthday season” , by the end of it the kids will be 11, 9, 7, and 5. My “baby” heads off to school in the fall, so I am on the precipice of major life changes. Can’t wait to see what God has in store for us!

  20. I am a SAHM of five. My oldest are two 11 year old twins, then a single 8 year old, and two 3 year olds (twins again). We have a very busy home where I struggle with finding time for me. I constantly battle with fear and worry of failing as a mom, ruining my children, and not measuring up to what other moms seem to be able to do so well…hold it all together. What a blessing it was to me to read your message of encouragement. I literally sighed with relief as I felt a bit of pressure lift off of me as I read your words. Thank you for being so transparent and for sharing your imperfections and struggles. Thank you, also, for the virtual hug and the comfort that comes with the promise that it will be ok and that our efforts as mothers will be blessed.

  21. I am a SAHM of 4 children. 3 boys ages 7,8,&9 and a 3 yr old girl. Finding time for me is difficult. I am always seeking positive reinforcement in this daily battle to be a good Christian mother. Trust me when I call it a daily battle… But I know I can do it… thanks to God!!

  22. Thank you so much for writing this book! I just read your devo from the P31 email this morning and it is spot on with how I feel almost daily (unfortunately). I can’t express how much the “parenting is hard” cliche doesn’t even begin to describe how hard this has been. And my kids are only 6 & 2! I look forward to buying and going thru this book!

  23. Congratulations on your new book! I am looking forward to reading it! I so appreciate your encouragement today; it was just what I needed. :)
    I am a homeschooling mom to 2 middle school kids – (Who in their right mind does that?! Haha!) – and I am also navigating the strange new waters of a young adult. I definitely need to “press pause”!

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