Being a Mom is Hard

Being a Mom is Hard 

 
When I pushed my first child into this world, I did not realize spiritually what God allowed.  He allowed a human being to be formed in my womb and it was a gift from Him to me, and for His purpose to be fulfilled.  I was just happy to have a baby of my own and to honestly have survived labor and delivery. 

 
But, having children is a bigger assignment, whether biological or through adoption or other gifted method.  At the point of conception, we are responsible for protecting, caring for, providing for, loving unconditionally, shaping and forming the mind, body, and soul, and teaching them.  And what we fail to realize is that whatever we have not healed from before having children comes back to the surface.  God is making me go somewhere with this, please be patient with me. 

 
Isaiah 66:13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.  A mother will go to war over her child, just the same as God fights for His children’s wellbeing.  A mother unconditionally loves her children no matter what, just as God holds unconditional love for his children.  A mother has an unexplainable spiritual connection to her child, just as God has a spiritual connection to His children.  Just as a mother nurtures her children, God comforts His children at all times.  A mother is there for her children through good and bad, God is with us also during our valley and mountain top experiences.  Psalm 119:71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. 

 
Marriage and parenthood represent God’s love for his children.  Just as a mother loves her children unconditionally, a wife is to love her husband unconditionally and vice versa.  In Ephesians 5:21-33 it provides instructions for a Godly household, instructions for husbands, wives, fathers, and children.  There are many other biblical examples of what God says a Godly marriage and relationships should look like, but why does the enemy attack only marriages and parent-child relationships?  Because marriages and parenthood represent the image of God and the enemy will attempt to attack every image of God he can.   

 
Because of a broken marriage, you have a broken home, with broken children, and broken mothers and fathers, which ultimately lead to future generations being broken.  What is this called, generational curses.  We only allow the enemy to have as much control over us as we allow him to have.  Trials and tribulations come, but we must hold steadfast to the hands of God knowing that we will get through each hard time knowing that God is with us and that storms do not last forever. 

 
With all of that said, being a mom is hard.  Circling back around to the topic, I want to emphasize why being a mother is not only hard, but important and is one of the most important roles you will have here on earth.  But, to be an imperfect Godly mother, we must understand what role we are stepping into.  The enemy wants to break apart the parent-child relationship because he knows that will affect future generations, the bloodline.  If he severs the bloodline, then he has accomplished the image of God.  This is why as mothers we have to be at the feet of Jesus Christ on a daily basis on behalf of our children.  We must pray over their souls, protection, guidance, lives, health, and future, and of course over our husbands.  Husbands have important and crucial roles in their father roles, but I can only speak from the mother’s perspective. 

 
I did not understand with my first child that how I spoke to her, how I loved her, how I treated her, and how I spent time with her would affect every aspect of her life and future life.  Being a mom and wife has changed me and helped me began a beautiful relationship and journey with Jesus Christ.  I used to ask why, and the answer now is that God made the marriage and family to represent His image and love for us.  That is why these relationships are attacked daily.  That is why being a mom will always be hard.  Not hard in the sense that you regret being a mom, but hard because you are forever in a spiritual battle but not having to fight physically. 

 
A mother is the backbone of the family because we possess the emotional tools to nurture, encourage, support, protect, and guide our family’s lives.  We provide a safe place for our children to fall and feel safe with us, as well as for our husbands.  We are the first experience our children have with knowing how to express their feelings and emotions in a safe space while receiving moral support and emotional guidance.  But, in order for our children and husbands to be able to lean on us, we have to be able to lean on God first. 

 
Being a mother becomes hard when we do not understand what God meant for mothers to be, when we do not understand His purpose for the family, and that the enemy looks to tear apart anything that represents God.  But we have the power to get back everything the enemy thinks He stole from us.  So, stand strong in your motherhood.  Put God first and in everything you do in your motherly role.  Love your children unconditionally, provide a safe space for them to pour out their emotions.  Allow God to shine through you so that your children have a Godly example growing up.  Being a Mom is hard…