Welcome to this wonderful blog post all about how to be a perfect mother! What is a mother who is absolutely perfect? What does that look like? Well I am glad you asked!
A perfect mother is a mother who is trying her best. Obviously, this title is satirical. There is not and never will be such a thing as a perfect mother. We can look at every celebrity and every beautiful instagram influencer mom who seems like they have everything you could ever want and do every fun thing under the sun with their kids, but we never know what goes on behind closed doors or how that persons life really is. That beautiful mother that you think has everything together could be crying herself to sleep every night because she doesn’t feel like she does enough. That mother you see at church with such well-behaved children could be dying of embarrassment and shame afterwards. None of us have a perfect look into someone else’s life or how they really feel. Our kids are the most important people in our lives and there’s never a way to show that love that we have for them on an Instagram post or a blog. You cannot see love, but when we see someone trying, we know it’s there.
We know that when someone is trying to do better for us, to help us, to guide us, that they love us! So many of my mom friends and I have felt like we’re screwing up our kids. Or they won’t think they love us. How many times have you had this thought yourself? Or if you don’t have kids, how many times have you felt like this towards God? God loves all of his children, but we definitely don’t always feel like it. We often go through seasons where we feel distant or stagnant or like we could never do enough to make Him happy. But what God does see at all times, is the love we have in our heart and the love we share by trying our best. We will never be perfect parents or perfect Christians.
We will mess up sometimes. We might yell at our kids or blame God, or feel anger towards others. God made us in His image. He gave us all a piece of His heart and we absolutely can use it to love our families and love God, no matter how “imperfect” we may feel. We may compare ourselves to everyone else on the planet and how much better of a parent or a Christian someone else is. But we need to stop looking towards others around us and instead turn our eyes upward. God has your back, in all situations. Even when you feel like you’re failing, He sees you and He knows you in a deep, true, intimate way. We will never be the perfect mother if we don’t first ask God for strength and know that trying our best is enough for Him. Open your heart and don’t be discouraged!
Isaiah 41:10 reads, “fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
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