But if you know you're at that place and it's not where you want to be, that's also a good thing

because you're in a great position to cry out for help.

We can't do this on our own.

We are needy people.

Who are we going to go to or what are we going to turn to for help?

And God is great and he is all these things, all these attributes, and he's all these things,

not just in a general way, but he is those things for us as moms.

And so why not go to him?

Katie Ferris is the author of God is Still Good, and hour I need you, 30 meditations for moms on the character of God.

And she's also a pastor's wife, a mother of five, and lives with her family in New Jersey.

Katie, thank you so much for joining me today on the Crossway podcast.

Oh, it's great to be here. Thanks for having me, Matt.

So your first book with Crossway, as I mentioned a minute ago, is called God Is Still Good. And it's great to be here. Thanks for having me, Matt. So your first book with Crossway,

as I mentioned a minute ago, is called God Is Still Good, and it's really focused on

encouraging moms with the truth of scripture in the face of some of the challenges, the pains

of motherhood. And as you know, as all moms listening know, there are many of those things that can happen to a mom

over the years. And this new book that you've written is now taking a bit of a step back and not just

looking at the challenges of motherhood per se, but really offering moms a devotional help for

just viewing themselves, but really viewing God rightly in their calling as moms.

And it's really a wonderful book where you walk through lots of different attributes of God

and help women to see God for who he really is.

And one of the things, though, you say early in the book is you talk about the earthiness of motherhood.

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