31 days of letters (day 13) a letter to us moms…

10/13/2012 by · 4 Comments

God has been whispering to me lately. Trying to get a few things through my very thick skull that I have been having a hard time grasping.

Pounding this truth into my heart… this steady baseline underneath the chaos that is constantly screaming at me that I am failing.

And I think you might need to hear this too. Maybe even say it out loud to yourself.

This:

I am a good mom. I am good enough. I am exactly the right mom for my kids. Nobody else could be their mom better than I can.

He chose me to be their mom. Me.

Not the mom next door who always looks like she’s happy, calm and has everything under control. Not the friend whose life looks so perfect sometimes, it’s hard to see her as anything else. Not even my Grandma or my own mom, who did amazing jobs as moms…

He chose me.

And He chose you. God chose you… the exact person to be the best mom to your kids.

Let that sink in for a bit. And then read this and Chill Out.

You are good enough. You are a great mom.

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  • Gabrielle

    I am so there right now. I totally relate to your frustration and heartache. I have three children, 10,8, and 4. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced so much joy yet so much discouragement at the same time. If we were “perfect mothers” then why would we bother to even know our Lord. His perfection perfects us. He is our joy in a very often joyless and judgemental world. We can’t ever lose sight of that. I too dwell on all the flaws I have as a mom, asking why God even allowed me to be a mother. Ashamed- thinking “I’m so unlovable”. I’ve been living for the past few years distancing myself from him. It’s so painful to know that I’m doing that and I know he feels that pain.I know those gentle, loving, whispers from him as well. I know without a doubt that He fights for us because He loves us. That is so attractive. People talk about the “law of attraction”, they don’t know it, but their talking about Jesus.

    • http://arthomas.blogspot.com annaliseree

      EXACTLY Gabrielle! We need Him so much, and we feel so lost and alone… and somehow that makes us distance ourselves from Him even more… when what we NEED to be doing is running as fast as we can into His arms! Why is this SO hard for us to realize and even more so, to do??

      (Thank you for sharing your heart with me!)

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  • jennadeckert

    Thank you for this. Just what I needed to read - I am the mom God chose for my kids. I love that thought.