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What to Remember When You are Hurting (Confessions of a Struggling Mom)
Our Suffering Serves a Purpose
Confessions of a Struggling Christian Mom
I had a mom tell me recently that Christian women just aren’t transparent enough. That we are all looking in, from a distance, on other families, wishing we had it together like them, that our children behaved like those, that our life was going smoothly like hers.
Well I know it’s true of bloggers, sometimes, that people have an unrealistic view of them. So I’m writing to tell you something:
I am struggling SO MUCH as a mother this year. I won’t go into too many details, for the sake of protecting the dignity of my children, but I have a particularly difficult child (or two?) that has caused me to hurt like I’ve never hurt, to cry like I’ve never cried, and has even pushed me to moments I thought I might despair.
Rejoice, But Why?
But slooooooowly, I’m coming to the place where I can “rejoice” in the trials, only because He said to, and I have to trust that if they are working in my life for my good and His glory, then I should rejoice.
