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I’ve been reading “What Every Mom Needs” by Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall (put out by MOPs).

I was struck by one comment from a mother in a bit about what moms feel their needs are. She said, “I need hope most. I need hope to get me through the day…I need hope that my son will grow to be a responsible adult, in spite of my parenting mistakes. I need hope that he will learn what I want to teach him and will take these values to heart. But most of all, I need hope that God will handle everything.”

How true.

I have alway struggled with my identity as a mom, with not being good enough or not matching up to the mom who seems to have it all together.

A couple of years ago I attended a women’s retreat through the EPC. The speaker helped me see that I myself am a child of God and my identity is in Christ.

She also stated something that struck me, gave me an overwhelming responsibility but also a sense of hope.

She stated that our children are God’s children, that he has given us the privelage of raising them but they are his.

It gives me hope that we’re not doing this parenting thing alone. My children also have a heavenly father who loves them infinately more than I could, who is always watching over them and who has a plan for them.

Thank you God, that I can have hope.

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