Dear Mom, Feeling Less than Qualified

So we are moms...

and it has us baffled more days than it doesn't.

We have these compulsions to run away. Then in terror we scramble to make sure the kids are okay.

We think about throwing a fit right along with the 2 year old. Then look around to see if anyone read our minds.

We want to scream in our pillows...sometimes we do. Then we come up for air and pray no one heard that.

We are sure we are blowing it.

We just know we are scarring them for life.

We wonder if we'll survive them, and sincerely hope they'll survive us.

Dear sweet mom, if you feel frustrated, overwhelmed and less than qualified today,...I get it.

But I also get that you are doing a great job.

You put their needs before yours. You love them fiercely and you nourish their hearts.

It doesn't matter if you are a

stay at home mom, 
a work at home mom, 
a working mom wishing she wasn't, 
a stay at home mom wishing she was working,
or a working mom planning to keep it that way...

your mothering is legit, as long as you are in accordance to God's will for your life and family. >>tweet this<<

So when the crazies hit, just remember...

God gave you those kids because He knows those children will help grow you into the woman He wants you to become. Your humility in seeking His will and His ways, far outshine any amount of picture perfect parenting. >>tweet this<<

He gave them you as their mother, knowing you have the appropriate tools for preparing them to become the people He wants them to be, in the walk of life He knows they will take. >> tweet this<<

He qualifies you.

Now go be their mom, in the best way you can, in the way only you can. 

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I Am Woman. I Am His.

I am woman.

I am sweet. I am sassy.

I laugh. I cry.

I hold it together. I lose it.

I have feelings. I have thoughts.

I love. I want to be loved.

I want to be held. I want to be left alone.

I am bold. I am scared out of my mind.

I am smart. I am capable.

I am God's.

My life is chaotic.

My life has purpose. 

My life is divinely orchestrated.

I believe I am what He says I am.

I believe I can do what He says I can do.

I believe I can be what He says I can be.

He says I am woman.

And I am His. >> TWEET THIS<<

"Blessed is she who has believed

that what the Lord has said to her

will be accomplished!"

~ Luke 1:45 ~

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Blog Swap with Michelle Lesley ~ Rightly Dividing: 12 Do's and Don'ts for Effective Bible Study

Today I participate in another wonderful Blog Swap with Michelle Lesley. 

Here is an introduction to the post, in Michelle's words:

Bible study. As Christians we want to do it, we know we’re supposed to do it, but have you ever stopped to think that there are right ways and wrong ways to do it? Let’s take a look at a few do’s and don’ts of “rightly dividing God’s word” in Bible study.

Have you ever wanted to study your Bible more effectively? Head on over to Satisfaction Through Christ and check out Michelle Lesley's article: Rightly Dividing: 12 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Bible Study.

"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, 

a worker who has no need to be ashamed, 

rightly handling the word of truth." 

~ 2 Timothy 2:15 ~

For more information on Michelle's generous Blog Swap offer, click to image below.