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MOTHERHOOD IS HARD.

One second, we think we're doing a good enough job, the next we're the worst mom on the planet. Which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel repeated over and over—giving us hope in the everyday moments.

 
 
 
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Every Wednesday, we discuss how the gospel impacts a mom’s everyday life.

 
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Real-life encouragement and practical application on motherhood topics.

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The Same in the Dark
The Same in the Dark
Teaching to Love by Setting an Example
Teaching to Love by Setting an Example
The Essentials A Mom Really Needs
The Essentials A Mom Really Needs
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For the Mom Who’s Weary
 
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🍴In today's culture, there is much debate about food, from the snacks on your toddler's plate to the liquid in their sippy cup. For every article that advocates for a certain diet, there is another one that says you should avoid it. Even the most research-savvy moms have a difficult time understanding how to love their family well by providing good food (without going overboard).⠀ .⠀ In this episode, Emily and Laura discuss some common heart issues and gospel freedoms surrounding the issue of food. Holding to perfect food standards shouldn't be more important than the connection and fellowship we enjoy during meal times in the name of Christ. ❤️⠀ .⠀ 🎧 Listen to this show from the archives (ep. 56) anywhere podcasts are streamed, or find it directly on the website! (link in profile)
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater, ⠀ He sendeth more strength when the labors increase; ⠀ To added affliction He addeth His mercy; ⠀ To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.⠀ ⠀ When we have exhausted our store of endurance, ⠀ When our strength has failed ere the day is half done, ⠀ When we reach the end of our hoarded resources, ⠀ Our Father's full giving is only begun.⠀ ⠀ Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision, ⠀ Our God ever yearns His resources to share; ⠀ Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing; ⠀ The Father both thee and thy load will upbear.⠀ ⠀ His love has no limit; His grace has no measure. ⠀ His pow'r has no boundary known unto men; ⠀ For out of His infinite riches in Jesus, ⠀ He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again!⠀ ⠀ - Annie Johnson Flint
“Bedtime is not the only darkness our children will face. ⠀ .⠀ There will be suffering, trials, and doubt—moments that require eyes of faith to move them through the dark. As they age, concerns and worries creep up. Challenges emerge with siblings and friends. Struggles come with schoolwork and sports. And this is just the beginning. ⠀ .⠀ We need them to know that God is the same no matter the circumstances. We can be in the darkness of trials and suffering and doubts, or we can be in the brightness of happiness and ease and closeness to God—but no matter where we are, God is good. And kind. And loving. And enough. ⠀ .⠀ As adults, darkness rarely phases us as we fall asleep, yet the dark times persist. Maybe our darkness is depression. Maybe it’s doubt. Maybe we have difficulties in our marriage or with our children. Maybe it’s an illness or a job loss. At some point, all of us will find ourselves afraid of the dark. Amidst our struggles, what we believe about God will be on display for our children to see. How we handle the dark times matters not just for our sake, but also theirs.⠀ .⠀ In those moments of fearing the dark, as we humble ourselves as children, God bends his ear to our cries of fear. In our dependence, he’ll comfort us without the heavy sighing, and he’ll remind us that ‘the darkness is not dark to [God]; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with [him].’⠀ .⠀ He pierces the darkness with his pierced hands.”⠀ .⠀ More from Denise Lilly in today’s article! Link in profile.
"See needs and meet them." My mom pounded this phrase into me as a kid. All she had to do was say, "see needs..." and I knew what she was going to say and (more importantly) what she meant. Today, I'm finding myself repeating that phrase to my children. Whether it's someone needing a tissue because they're crying, a cabinet door that needs shut, or toys spread across the floor that need cleaned up, my prayer for my children is they will grow to be people that see needs–and instead of waiting for someone to ask them–they are the first to stand up and help without ever being asked.⠀ ⠀ This simple phrase carries so much weight and meaning for me, and hopefully someday for my kids: To be observant of their surroundings; to take initiative; to have empathy for others; to be industrious and hardworking; discerning and attentive. Most importantly, it reminds them to live a life like Jesus' example. To have a servant's heart that loves others more than themselves. To see the true needs below the surface–the needs of the heart–and to humbly serve in a way that draws the glory and fame to God and his great works, rather than to the work of their own hands.⠀ ⠀ His fame, not ours.⠀ ⠀ For a heart that is saved is a heart that serves. And a heart that serves is a heart that acts as the hands and feet of Jesus.⠀ ⠀ Let us be mothers that teach our children to "see needs and meet them." And not only teach it, but live it.⠀ ⠀ Laura #risenmotherhood #thisisrisenmotherhood
"'All the signs of autism, and that is my diagnosis. I will go write this up.'⠀ .⠀ He shut the door behind him, and the numbness set in. I was not surprised at his words—they were confirming something we had been fairly sure of for the better part of a year. But I also knew in the moment they left his mouth that everything was changing, and changing for the long haul. I picked up my two-and-a-half-year-old and kissed his forehead while we waited in the quiet, on the uncomfortable chair, for the doctor to return.⠀ .⠀ So many mothers know this moment, when the paradoxes of walking with a perfect Savior in a far-from-perfect world set in. Everything changes and nothing changes. Your dreamed of future fades quickly out of sight for one that is impossible to picture, but your day-to-day life goes on as it always has—changing diapers and making dinners and folding clothes.⠀ .⠀ And then the hard questions really come, sometimes slowly and other times all at once: how will we afford this therapy? Will the other children in the family resent our different life? Will he ever be able to go to school? Can our marriage survive this? And perhaps the most difficult one of all, the question that has become an impasse for so many since the fall of man: If God only does what is right, why would he allow something so wrong?⠀ .⠀ Rest assured, mamas, that we are not the first to ask the hard questions.⠀ .⠀ ...This is our bent as humans: we want the answers. We want to know why God would allow us to carry hard things; we want the reason he feels far away, and we want someone or something to blame. But God does not always answer us with why.⠀ .⠀ He does, however, always remind us Who."⠀ .⠀ More from @katiemblackburn on special needs parenting through the link in our profile.
We were created to work and to rest, but sometimes it feels like our to-do list never ends. But we were not created to carry the burdens of “doing it all” or to indulge in copious amounts of “me time.” So, when and how are we supposed to rest amidst the busyness of motherhood?⠀ .⠀ In this episode, Laura and Emily get to the heart of self-care for mommas. While we do need practical things like sleep, food, and a shower, what our hearts most desperately need is the refreshing truth of the gospel. We weren’t made to be limitless, so our limitations are actually a gift that draws us into the rest offered by Christ in every situation.⠀ ,⠀ 🎧 Listen to this show from the archives (ep. 86) anywhere podcasts are streamed, or find it directly on the website! (link in profile)
 

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