Last night my good friend, Amber, invited me to a Mom's event at her church. It was so cute! They had an adorable popcorn bar and little bottles of water. It was such a neat idea.
This is the movie we watched. If you haven't watched it or heard of it allow me to congratulate you for finally coming out from under your rock. This was the second time I've watched it and it is so, so funny. If you ever want to feel like someone else just get's you then you need to see this movie. Go.now. I'll wait...
Growing up as a Pastor's Kid I totally related to the Pastor's Daughter. And I can totally get the main character. I mean,the woman homeschool's for pete's sake...it's like she's a friend of mine and doesn't know it yet!
One of my favorite scenes from the movie is the one in jail. I love the quote below said by Trace Adkins' character:
On the way home I was thinking of how great and how sad this event was. I mean, about 100 mother's came together who all have at one time or another (or every single day) felt like a complete and utter failure in this job of motherhood God has given us to do.
How sad is that?
I got to thinking of why we find ourselves beating ourselves up, unable to find satisfaction in our "job performance". Unable to feel happy in this life we wanted for ourselves.
At first I thought it was society. And to an extent it is...pinterest, facebook, instagram...we moms need look no further than our phones and laptops to find other moms seemingly doing this journey through motherhood better dressed, smarter, cleaner, and more organized.
What a world this is. But even more than that I think there is an underlying cause. He's always there...it's Satan.
When I realized that it was kind of a "duh" moment for me.
After all John 10:10 says " The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
I read
this blog a while ago which had spoken of this, but somehow over time I had forgotten how it happens. (It's a wonderful read and all moms should read it! Go now. I'll wait... :) )
And there it is. So clear. With the press of facebook when I feel imperfect and lonely throughout the day, I am opening the door to let Satan come on in and take my joy. He steals from me and destroys my confidence and kills and thought that I could ever do this mom thing right in the first place. He gets me right where he wants me.
But here's a thought... what if I can fend him off? What if my children could just have me do what God made me to do and see joy on my face as I live life as their Momma? Well that would be living out the promise God gives in the second part of the verse...I would have life and would be living abundantly. And I wouldn't be living just for me but my daughter would be seeing how much joy motherhood brings.
And so with the help of movie night my sweet friend invited me to, I've come to realize what I need to do...I need to be more vigilant in watching for Satan's attacks. I need to show joy in being a Mom. I need to serve the Lord through scrubbing toilets, changing under-jams, and making beds. And I want to encourage you too. Just think, if we could stop the devil in his tracks with this, we might spare our girls from growing up feeling these same crummy thoughts of not being good enough. Not being able to get in front of it. Always being a failure.
That is something I will gladly do. In Jesus' name!
Love you all! :)
