Book Review: Beyond Bath Time by Erin Davis

Our society today seems to be all about choice. We want to choose our careers, our lifestyles, and, of course, exactly when and if to have children. Erin Davis explores the increasing popularity of the choice not to have children, as well as the Biblical reasons why motherhood is a wonderful ministry and should not be cast aside.

I picked up Beyond Bath Time as a woman who is not a mother, because I wanted to reflect on the issue. The author explores several lies presented in our culture about motherhood, and how children are a burden instead of a blessing. She also considers how raising children and teaching them to follow Christ can be an amazing ministry, even though many Christians don’t applaud or recognize it.

The point of this book is not that all women should have tons of children, but more about prayerfully considering the role of motherhood in a new light. Ms. Davis examines several Moms from the Bible and explains how crucial their roles were, including Mary, the mother of Jesus. She talks about children as a blessing, and states that they serve to teach us lessons as well as provide us with joy (most of the time!).

Overall this book was fairly short, easy to read, and full of lessons and encouragement every mother can use. I will have to hang on to it to revisit someday when I become a mother!

I received this book for free from the publisher through the Moody Publishers blogger review program. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions and thoughts I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255