Mom Minute- Danielle

I don’t have to be Super Mom

As I’ve been thinking through what God has been teaching me lately, the phrase ‘I don’t have to be Super Mom’ keeps coming to my mind. I don’t know about the rest of you, but the transition to motherhood has brought with it a lot of humility for me. God has graciously given Lucas and I two babies born only 14 months apart, and our babies just turned 2 and 1 this summer! As the last few months have provided more time to breathe, I’ve had time to reflect on God’s faithfulness to me this past year, and I wanted to share briefly about some things I’ve learned.

Being a mom of young ones has really opened my eyes to how self-sufficient I try to be! No other season of life has brought such weariness, confusion, and humility for me (along with a lot of joy!!), but God has been kind and faithful to show me how desperately I want to run my life. God has helped me to slowly start to lay down my idols of independence, control, and comfort, and to see that there really is more joy in a life marked by dependence and humility!

I’ve also found myself desperate to try to be a ‘super mom’ in the midst of all the newness of this new season.  I feel like I am constantly bombarded with messages that cause me to feel like a failure if nursing doesn’t go perfectly, if I feed my kids anything but organic food, if my kids aren’t always dressed super cute or having perfect attitudes, if my house isn’t perfectly clean, etc etc. Can anyone else relate to this feeling?? After months of attempting to be the kind of mom I thought everybody secretly expected of me, I’m finally understanding the Gospel more and how it relates to motherhood. What’s actually true of me is that I am terribly sinful and that I will continue to be in this life. I will never be a perfect mother, and I’ll never live up to all the expectations I try to place on myself. BUT, I’ve found myself more hopeful than ever in a God who is constantly redeeming my life – in all its weakness and sin – and He’s working out His purposes in my life and in my children’s life for His glory.  And now, there’s also hope for me to be a mom who feeds her babies good food (or whatever!) because I want to love them and take care of them, and not because I need to do it to earn Jesus’s favor or to avoid the condemnation of my peers or myself. So, if anyone is actually reading this J, my hope for this fall season is to find myself delighting in my weakness because I do have a super, perfect, wonderful, redeeming Savior.

Also, listed below are a few quotes from Elyse Fitzpatrick that I have loved lately! Thanks for reading!

Danielle Yaege

“Only the Gospel will warm your affections so that you will long for an opportunity to be near Him, to rest your head on His chest, to feel the warmth of His nearness, to let Him put His arms around your drooping shoulders and say, ‘I’m here. You’re mine. Soon these interposing years will end, and your faith will be sight. Stay here by Me for a while and let me give you My strength. See how I love you.’” (Comforts from the Cross)

“…He has promised to use everything in your life for your good and His glory. This is the kind of watchful, fatherly love He has for you. He is the perfect parent, and this record of perfection has been transferred to you, if you have put your trust in Him. Your children’s salvation doesn’t depend on you any more than your own salvation did. He’s a wonderful Father. You can rest in His everlasting arms-now.” (Give them Grace)