This post is for the mom who feels hopeless and helpless. There is something important I want to tell you…
There are times when motherhood can be an agonizing mission, full of disappointment, discouragement, and despair.
It happens to the best moms doing all they can to raise their kids to be healthy, responsible, loving individuals.
In each stage of parenting, there are challenges for us all- and for some moms, it can be full of hardships they didn’t expect to endure.
And sometimes, moms can feel utterly helpless and hopeless in their calling.
Each one of us has this mission called motherhood, and we use every ounce of strength to do the best we can with whatever adversity comes our way.
But there are times, times when the trenches seem unbearable.
Have you been there? Maybe right now, you are in the throes of some really hard thing you wouldn’t wish on anyone, trying to figure out how to save your child or stop the circumstances?
Perhaps you are a new mom and the endless sleepless nights have brought you to the brink of a breakdown. Maybe you wonder if you were really cut out for this job, because you are hating it and you know that is a terrible way to feel, so you secretly wonder what is wrong with you…
Perhaps you are faced with an older child’s mental health diagnosis, an addiction, a runaway, a child who is making terrible decisions and you wonder where you went wrong. You wish you could quit. Quit trying, quit worrying, quit suffering, because it just seems like there is no hope for a better day…
Perhaps you have been dealt a cruel hand of illness, injury, or disability with your child and you don’t feel equipped to handle the ongoing new twists and turns you didn’t predict would be on your parenting path. Maybe you are realizing you can’t do it all, you can’t carry this burden, this heavy load, this newfound truth that you are struggling to accept…
There are so many different situations in parenting that can make us feel so hopeless and helpless. I have known many mothers who have been in this place. I’ve known moms who have grown numb, felt paralyzed, and simply shut down- because they have nothing left to give.
If you are in this place- this dry, cracked, empty place of wanting to give up, please read my message over on Her View From Home. And if you know someone who is feeling hopeless, helpless, and in need of encouragement, send them there too, would you?
Go HERE to read this very important message.
“When God chose you to raise your child, He believed in you”
This is PRICELESS Chris.
If God believed in us, we are safe. We’ll make it work. We’ll never give up.
Thank you for the bottom of my heart for your words. I will read them whenever I feel low.
Aw, I’m so glad you were encouraged by this one, Marie. I have needed these words for myself and I know many who need them as well. Believe them, mama. We all need to believe these truths.
I’m not in that place, but I have been with my stepdaughter. Going to read now! xo
Ah, yes. I know and have known many moms in this place- I was there years ago when my girl was so sick. It’s a terrible place to be buried in, this I know.
Hey Christine,
Thanks for this wonderful post. Just when I needed it. We had our first child 1 year ago, and I realize it’s tough being a mom. Thanks for the motivation.
Regards,
Kate
It IS tough. And sometimes almost so hard we can feel such defeat and discouragement. I’m SO glad you found this and it encouraged you, Kate. Hang in there, mama.
I was literally having a conversation with a friend of mine the other day about this very topic…both of us have been dealt our share of challenges with our kids and we wondered why we seemed to have it so hard versus other people we knew who had “easier” kids/families…thank you for this post. It really, truly helps. xo
Ah, you and your friend are not alone, Emily. This parenting gig can bring us to our knees… I’m so glad this encouraged you and I hope it encourages other moms who are fighting the good fight and feeling defeat.
I am now so worried and devastated coz my dearest mom is not with me, she left me, now she’s in heaven..
And I don’t wanted to see poor and helpless women (mom)around the world I wanted to help them,
I wanted to look after them like my mom….
Oh, dear reader, I’m so sorry for the devastating loss of your precious mom! I mourn with you and hope and pray you can carry on her beautiful legacy to those in need, just like your mama did.