motherhood on mission
Motherhood is wanting a break and yet never wanting to leave your sweet babe.
Motherhood is extreme exhaustion and yet the purest joy.
Motherhood is wanting to βfeel like yourselfβagain and yet feeling more complete than you ever have before.
Motherhood is wanting time to get work, chores, and everything else done and yet feeling guilty wanting to do anything else but be with your child.
Motherhood is feeling oh so lonely and yet oddly content with how relationships change for the better and deepen with time and age.
Mama, you may feel like youβre unraveling, but in all reality, you are being held together in Him. Your unraveled pieces are not only being held in the hands of your Maker β they are being mended, sanctified, and put to holy kingdom use.
You may feel weak and insufficientβ¦ but isnβt that the best place to be? Because within those feelings is this sweet realityβ¦
Motherhood, like anything else, is an act of pure dependence and reliance upon Christ our Solid Rock (Psalm 18:2).
Motherhood is one of Godβs avenues in which He reminds us of His grace and its sufficiency alone. Itβs an avenue in which we practice a great act of surrender to God, a great act of selflessness and love to our families, and a great act of obedience to Him who called us.
Motherhood is a gift. Motherhood is a ministry. Motherhood is a mission.
Donβt let anyone ever tell you that motherhood isnβt work. That it isnβt as meaningful.
And just a reminderβ¦ this joyful work doesnβt mean that you have to do it with a cheesy grin on your face all of the time. It doesnβt mean that you have to pretend that it isnβt hard when it is. Joy isnβt found in our circumstances. Joy is found in our Jesus. Joy is remaining steady, not letting the ups and downs of life sway us, because we have our lives anchored on the Solid Rock.
Yes, mama. You can have joy today.
So, to the mom who feels like sheβs crumbling today β remember youβre called. Remember youβre held. Remember youβre on the greatest mission.
VERSES FOR A MAMAβS HEART
βStrength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: βMany women have done excellently, but you surpass them allβ¦β (Proverbs 31:25-30)
βBehold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.β (Psalm 127:3)
βCasting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.β (1 Peter 5:7)
βHe gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.β (Isaiah 40:29)
βBut he said to me, βMy grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.β For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.β (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
βFear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.β (Isaiah 41:10)