A Mother's Challenge Part 2

The reason we need to look at ourselves for a bit first is because WE MATTER.  Our innards affect things.  If we’re doing things for reasons we can’t identify and if we’re driven to BE Mom’s rather than nurture life we can get caught up in a bunch of stuff not worth our time.

Face it…many of us are lacking the inner strength needed to pour continually into our children.  We are selfish, self centered or cannot face the reality that we’re very broken.  Some of us bearing fruit from our wombs yet lack what we need inside so we strive to make our outer world (think baby, child, family, etc) what we think it should be so we feel good about ourselves and impress others.  This is a very dangerous trap.

If you are struggling with inner worth or knowing you’re adored and cared for by a loving heavenly Father, stop and get that sorted out, please.  Trust me.  You won’t regret the days, weeks, months and years you take to get that settled...EVER.  It will be a wellspring to you and your family all your days and may just impact for good a bit beyond your own world.
  
Like many who have gone before you can invite the God of the Universe (the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) to show you anything He wants to about Himself and you.  Long has He reached into the hearts and lives of women in the same boat and refreshed them, revealed Himself to them intimately and healed their souls and bound up their broken hearts.

It’s Who He is and What He does.  He delights to!  You can ask Him to show you Himself, to love you and show you in ways you are able to feel, see and know.

He will answer.  He cares.  He is there for those who don’t feel they have anyone to show them the way.  He is faithful.  He is gentle.

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Taking a Break: A Mother's Challenge

You love your kids.  You want the best for them.  There are a lot of choices out there.  To nurse?  To co-sleep?  To wear or wrap?  On and on it goes.

First of all, let's back up.

Do you KNOW you're okay in your skin?  I hope so.  If not, let's be real.  Mom's who are hiding from pain, looking at their kids to meet their needs or to boost their egos usually end up doing pretty abysmal jobs meeting the extraordinary needs of the little ones they serve.

You are serving God as you tend to your little ones.  He gave them to you.  He is the One who has to show you the way.  Lean on Him, Mama.  Let Him heal you; lead you; guide you; comfort you; correct you; teach you; grow you.  You can trust Him.

Don't have babies because it's going to make you feel better or because you want someone to love you.  That's not the job of a baby.  They will screw that up right away and you might not like them.  Not liking them is a sure fire way to make sure they DON'T turn out all right...and let's face it...children who turn out great is our greatest hope, right???

Okay...so how do we go about this?  We're less than perfect, prone to some drama and determined to do this well.  Our wombs within us contain mysteries we didn't learn about in health class when we were in school and the children who come from them do NOT come with user manuals.  What works for one might not at all ever work with any other one again!
Let's face it: all our years of education and efforts and labor and toil out there in the real world left us daft in the area of mothering.  Ask me how I know.

Before we go much further, I want to ask you, Mother....do you FEEL refreshed?  Do you FEEL peaceful?  Do you feel adored and calm?

Do you know how to meet your needs and get the ones met you can't meet yourself?  Do you know what your needs even are?

Mama, you won't regret the time you take to get your innards straightened out.  The Kingdom of God needs you.  You're worth it!!

For years I used this song by Scott Phillips to intercede for myself so I could get a better grip on who I am and what I'm here for.  It helped a lot.  I'm on the other side now.  :)

Maybe you'll enjoy it too.