Gospel Mom 05: On How Your Life Experiences Shape Your Motherhood + Other Things (GM - C8)
You know that feeling—when your shoulders tighten or your stomach turns—where something you’re doing just doesn’t feel quite right. That’s often your personal conscience, and we know firsthand how challenging it can be to discern your conscience vs. conviction from the Holy Spirit. The encouraging news? God has given us both for our good! In this episode, Emily and Laura share some questions we can consider as we evaluate the decisions and beliefs we hold most tightly to in motherhood, as well as where we can extend grace to the moms who do it differently. With God’s Word as our anchor, all of us moms have freedom to make different choices and still pursue a gospel motherhood.
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Trying to find God’s will for your motherhood?
As moms, we’re surrounded by a lot of messages of who we “should” be and what we “should” do. But in Christ, there’s incredible freedom to be a mom who is unique and individual, while glorifying God and being faithful in motherhood. Not sure what that looks like? That’s exactly why the Risen Motherhood co-founders, Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler, wrote these books.
Gospel Mom: How to Make Biblical Decisions and Discover the Mom God Created You to Be, along with its companion workbook Becoming a Gospel Mom is available now.
R|M Apply Questions:
Think about some of the day-to-day decisions you make in motherhood. From what you feed your kids for breakfast to how you educate them, the stories you read at bedtime, or what your schedule looks like on a given week. Which decisions are led by personal conscience, and which stem from commands from God’s Word?
Spend some time in prayer that the Lord will reveal any areas of your personal conscience that are not aligned with his Word.
Are there areas of personal conscience that you need to “put on trial?” Journal through any beliefs you may have about how motherhood “should” be, and the pressures you’re putting on yourself (or others) to live up to a certain standard.
Ask a trusted friend or mentor to grab coffee and have an honest conversation about areas where you struggle with other moms making different decisions from you. Do they have a different perspective that can help you consider someone else’s circumstances? Pray that the Lord will grow your heart for moms who do things differently.
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