The house is a colossal mess. The floors are sticky with juice-laden footprints. The laundry seems to be multiplying by the hour (and I wonder why these children have so many pairs of pajamas?!) And, whatever you do, PLEASE DON’T LOOK AT MY TOILETS
Bedtime TOOK FOREVER as little ones kept getting up for a drink, then to go potty, then they were hungry (and now they are thirsty again.) Just when I settle in to actually get something done, I hear little footsteps yet again; this time they are scared.
I’m exhausted from being woken up again and again by a teething babe, and getting to bed late after trying to accomplish something in the quiet hours while they sleep.
‘Round and ’round I go, each day seeming to be a repeat of managing chaos, constant discipline, and I wonder what the heck we were thinking by having three kids in under five years?
Children are a blessing. Right, right; I know, I know. But so often I struggle with connecting what I know to what I feel. So what must I cling to in the moments when the last word I would use to describe my experience in motherhood is blessed?
My only rock, the sole constant in my life is God’s Word. So I claim scripture, and as I do I ask God to transform my heart and mind to believe what it promises.
Lord, help me to remember that the the fruit of the womb is a reward. —Psalm 127:3 ESV
I thank you that each of my children are fearfully and wonderfully made. Each of their personalities are hand-crafted by you. —Psalm 139:13 ESV
Give me strength, wisdom and great patience to train up these children in the way they should go. —Proverbs 22:6 ESV
I am thankful that ultimately, all my children are taught by You. —Isaiah 54:13 ESV
Lord, each of my children are good and perfect gifts from above, coming down from You, the Father of lights. —James 1:17 ESV
Give me grace, that I would not provoke my children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. —Ephesians 6:4 ESV
Never let me be a hindrance to my children coming to Jesus. —Mark 10:14 ESV
Amen.
What do you do when the demands of motherhood overwhelm? What scriptures do you cling to in the messiness of everyday life?
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