Mommy, mommy, mommy...mommy MOOOOOMMMMMYYYY!!!!!!! To My two littles this is who I am. Mommy. The one who smooches boo boos, the one who sings at night night time. The one who cleans up poop from... Well not just the potty......you say the word and I've probably cleaned poop off of it. The one who loves them and disciplines them and wishes only the best for their lives (along with daddy of course). Sometimes, when I am in the middle of cooking dinner and have two tired kids, one crying because he just got a spanking for hitting the dog again and the other is crying because babies do that for no reason sometimes and Liam doesn't want what I made, and I'm still in my pajamas and feel like I cant measure up, I feel like a failure. Like a terrible mom. I snap at my toddler when I'm frustrated. No other moms do that. "Other" moms talk sweetly when their toddler is disobeying.
Who am I? To me, I am a mom trying to live up to standards that are unrealistic, and very very unbiblical. I want to look at what the Bible says we are as mothers, who our great God tells us we are.
I am alive with Christ.
-Ephesians 2:5
*To be children of God as mothers is huge. We aren't dead in our sins any longer which means NO GUILT. Guilt is not from God. When we get frustrated and snap, apologize and seek forgiveness from your child and keep going knowing we have already been forgiven in Christ! What a joy!
I am born of God, and the evil one does not touch me.
- 1 John 5:18
* WOW!!! This is a huge one! There are days I feel so attacked. Knowing that God protects us from the evil one is comforting and secures my heart and soul. Remember, when you're in a hard place that you will never be overtaken! You're born of GOD!
I have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him Who created me.
-Colossians 3:9-10
*It's easy to fall back into where your mindset was before becoming a Christian. To do things that we used to do when we didn't care if it was right or wrong. Praise God we have a new heart and are new in Him who saved us! Act like Christ, love like Christ because we made in the image of Him and are to glorify Him in all we do with His strength!
I am a joint-heir with Christ
-Romans 8:17
*Our inheritance is CHRIST. Eternity with Him! No more guilt, pain, sorrow, expectations or sin!! I love this! God adopted us sinful wretched people and because of Him we inherit the kingdom.
I am an ambassador for Christ.
-2 Corinthians 5:20
*As a mom, I think our primary calling is to point our kids to Christ. I have a friend who is very very sick with a very rare condition and she encouraged me in this. She cannot get out of bed some days but God has been her encourager after feeling like a failure as a mom since she cannot care for her 5 beautiful children. Her husband told her that because she is sharing Christ with them and always pointing them to Him, she's the mom that God has called her to be and is doing ALL that God has called her to do.! That's so true and so encouraging!
The most important:
I am Forgiven! A Child of GOD
Rest in this. REST. Enjoy being His child, be joyful because of this truth. Teach your kids all of these truths and live like you know them! In His strength we can!
