Do you long to go to bed at night knowing you’ve done the best you could with what you have as a mom and made a difference in your child’s life–even if you can’t see it yet? It’s easy to compare yourself to other moms and set unrealistic expectations that make you doubt you’re doing enough. You need hope and encouragement to help you find a new place to start on the days you’re tempted to quit!
Renee Swope is on the show helping us find purpose and meaning in the challenges and adventures of motherhood. By unpacking powerful truths of grace and love God used to rescue her from discouragement and guilt that buried her in the dirt of defeat, Renee shares hope, wisdom, and practical help every mom needs.
Join us as Renee talks about simple ways to give your child what they need most through the power of heart-centered parenting that is character-focused and relationship-driven. This episode will transform not only the way you parent but also the way you see yourself as a mom and as a child of God.
Quotes:
“Insecurity and self-doubt are pretty much an epidemic.”
“I wanted to pray for something that only God could do.”
“If we doubt ourselves we hold back.”
“I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t insecure or afraid of rejection.”
“The enemy is using our insecurity to hold us back from all God has for us and all He has entrusted to us to give away.”
“Know God’s heart and His Word and live as if both are true.”
“Don’t try harder to talk yourself out of it. Turn sooner towards God.”
“When it came to motherhood I felt like I was never doing enough.”
“You’re doing better you think. You don’t have to be perfect because God’s love is perfect.”
Lysa TerKeurst, Zig Ziegler, Andrew Carnegie – Men are developed the same way gold is mined. The miner has to move tons of dirt in order to find a speck of gold. They don’t look for dirt. They look for gold. The more they look for, the more they find.”
“What is in your heart will come out of your mouth.”
“I needed to understand who I was as His child before I would know how to mother my children. I had to learn to let Him father me.”
“It’s more important for me to do the right thing than always do things right.”
“I wanted to give my kids the love and acceptance I was receiving from the Lord. The best lessons I learned were on the days that I really blew it.”
“Your children need to know that you trust their ability to hear from the Lord.”
“I knew if we pushed our faith and our agenda on him we would’ve pushed him away.”
“I became an expert at apologizing. I didn’t need to quit. I just needed a new place to start.”
“Ask yourself every day, is this an option or an obligation? We are exhausted because we have turned options into obligations. What are the things that only you can do versus what other people could do?”
“Our love offering is surrendering our children to God. They were His first. My love offering as a mom is to God and not necessarily to the world.”
“My love offering is to give my children back to Him. Then to offer God‘s love to my children in the way that He has loved me.”
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