Motherhood

Good evening everyone :) I hope everyone has had a blessed Sunday! God has really touched my heart today and I want to share before it all goes away.

My heart has been heavy lately..

Being a stay at home mama has been the most beautiful gift God has given me...but the days are long, my patience runs quickly, and my toddler is needy. Not to mention all the pressure to be THE perfect mother in every single way...it can be a bit overwhelming. Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to balance a million different things and it just becomes impossible...I'm tired. 

The beauty in all of this is that the Lord understands exactly where I'm at - he is all knowing. He touched my heart through the sermon this morning and then I had a wonderful meeting with our small group of christian ladies expressing the exact same hardships. It was such a relief on my heart to know that I'm not alone in feeling overwhelmed. It's the moments that I realize I'm only human that bring me back down to reality...that I am sinful and that the standards I put myself at are unrealistic. there's a reason that Jesus saved us from our sins!!

So I'm taking one day at a time and riding out the highs and the lows. I'm taking comfort in the knowledge that the Lord understands my struggles and that he is helping me even when it doesn't seem like it. And I'm always, ALWAYS praying for wisdom and patience.