Mothering Against Futility by Simona Gorton

Mothering Against Futility by Simona Gorton

Simona Gorton calls women to embrace the God–glorifying tension between the seemingly meaningless work and the weighty responsibility of motherhood.

 

We know the gospel impacts the repetitive, mundane work so inherent in homemaking and mothering, but how does that knowledge work itself out in the fabric of late nights and spilled oatmeal?

 

As mothers, we live in the tension between the seemingly meaningless ‘everyday’ of our callings and the magnificent realities of the gospel and what God promises to do through us as mothers as we raise up the next generation to His glory.

 

This book was written to showcase how God uniquely uses the ‘vanity’ inherent in the work of motherhood to display the beauties of the gospel in and through us as we fix our eyes on its truth.

 

If there is value in the mundanity, we can glory even in this ‘menial’ work as we come to see even in this the wisdom of God. The mundanity itself is a signpost pointing us to the glory of God if we’ll let it. In the calling of motherhood, God transforms our sight and opens our eyes to the gospel paradoxes of weakness as strength, smallness as glory, inefficiency as faithfulness. Our lives and actions as mothers, surrendered to Him like loaves and fishes, can become stunning showpieces of gospel hope and glimpses of eternal hilarity and joy.

 

Simona pulls together themes from the book of Ecclesiastes to see how it speaks specifically to many of the challenges we face as mothers in this encouraging book.

1. An Introduction
2. Experience and Ecclesiastes
3. All is Vanity – Or Is It?
4. Remembering the Goal
5. Who is Sufficient?
6. Motherhood as Suffering
7. Hope in Childbearing
8. The Apologetic of Motherhood
9. The Magic of Simple
10. A Compass in the Fog

The simplicity and depth of the gospel ring out in this book as Simona meditates on words of eternal life and helps young moms apply them to their lives

-- Gloria Furman (Author, ‘A Tale of Two Kings’ and ‘Labor with Hope’)

Using the wisdom of Ecclesiastes and the grace–filled realities of the gospel, Simona encourages moms to see Jesus in all his glory as he transforms their hearts.

-- Christina Fox (Counselor, retreat speaker and author)

… Simona’s work will spur mothers on to joyfully embrace gospel truths as they swim against the culture and impact society one child at a time.

-- Mary K. Mohler (Director, Seminary Wives Institute, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)

… has captured the beauty of the power of the gospel of grace as we sift, sort, and work out lives of repentance and hope because of the glorious finished work of Christ.

-- Karen Grant (Pastor’s wife and co–founder of Franklin Classical School, Franklin, Tennessee)

… draws our eyes up from the mundane (and chaotic!) in front of us to the unseen spiritual battle for our families, and the victory we already have in Christ. … warm, funny, thoughtful, scriptural, and eminently relatable.

-- Dayspring MacLeod (Author & Editor)

Simona Gorton lives with her husband and three children in an old farmhouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which they love to fill with good food and better friends. Growing things out of the dirt, hearing her children’s made-up stories, and reading John Buchan are some of her greatest loves. She has authored youth and adult biographies of Elaine Townsend and worked as the International Operations Manager of 9Marks.

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ISBN 13	9781527111875
ISBN 10	1527111873
Title	Mothering Against Futility
Author	Simona Gorton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Christian Focus Publications Ltd
Year published	2025-01-14
Number of pages	128
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