About mommy guilt...

Last weekend was mother's day. I had a wonderful, relaxing day with husband and kids. They honored me with handmade cards and workout clothes (which I always welcome), our morning was calm. We didn't make it to church, so I downloaded the podcast so I can listen to the message in the car... and WOW let me tell you, the whole message was amazing.

I have not stopped thinking about the whole message all week, especially this statement:

"The purpose that God has for your kids' lives, the plans and destiny He has for your children is so much bigger than you as a mom, as a parent, that there's nothing you're going to do or fail to do that is going to stop His plan. Let go of control and surrender your child to God."

What a statement of freedom! 

God is good and He is sovereign! He loves our kids far more than we are humanly able to love them, more than we will ever understand. He gave us everything, He gave us His Son! The Cross alone is proof enough of His goodness, His love.

So, why do we guilt ourselves into thinking we are messing up our children? Its time we give ourselves and other parents some grace, its time to trust that all things are under God's rule and control, that nothing happens without His direction and permission. Its time we live in the freedom that Jesus paid such high a price to gift to us. 

Lets do our best, lets seek God first and lets surrender control, so we can live in freedom.

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free." Galatians 5:1(a) 

 Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there, no matter how you became a mom, and never forget, 

You are a good mom, a good parent!