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  • Are you a young mother, caught in an endless cycle of diaper changes, feedings, nap schedules, and playdates? Does your mind worry about if you are doing it right, if your child is developing as they should, or if you will ever have a full night’s sleep again?  Do you crave just a moment of quiet solitude without someone else needing anything from you? In the midnight hours, dwell on the promise that you can come to Christ just as you are, exhausted and weary. You can lay your burdens at His feet (1 Pet. 5:7) and He will give you the kind of rest you desperately need (Matt. 11:28-30). 

 

  • Are you a mother that is constantly running, never seeming to have a moment away from sports, school plays, gymnastics or laundry? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, you can never do enough or be enough for everyone? Take heart and remind your soul that God promises to use your struggles to “perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish” you (1 Pet. 5:10) and His grace is sufficient  for you today (2 Cor. 12:9). 

 

  • Are you a mother that is feeling the emptiness of her nest as graduation approaches? Feeling a strange mingling of joy and pain every time your child talks about their future plans? Wondering how this next phase of life will look? Remind yourself that through every new stage of motherhood, God has established your steps (Prov. 16:9) and He will continue to uphold you in each new season (Ps. 37:23-24). 

 

  • Are you a mother that grieves the loss of a child? Or someone who grieves the loss of the opportunity to mother a child of your own? Is the pain of that loss following you, leaving you to wonder if you will ever feel "normal" again? Meditate on the promise of God that even in your grief, you have hope (1 Thess. 4:13-18). You can rest in the hope of a risen Savior (John 16:22), who will one day restore what has been taken, trading your heavy sorrows for endless joy (Is. 61:3). 

 

  • Are you a more seasoned mother with a quiet house and a shorter to-do list. Do  you find yourself longing for the opportunity to get a "do-over" with your own children; wishing for a chance to undo the mistakes you made? Think instead of the promise that Christ took on all of your guilt, and gave to you His perfect righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21). Today, lay your guilt down at the foot of the cross, and know that “it is finished” (John 19:30).

  • Maybe you are a child, wishing you had just one more chance to tell your mom a Happy Mother's Day? Or someone who is grieving today over the mother that you never actually had, wishing you had been given the gift of a loving and devoted mother?  Trust that you have been promised that He will lovingly care for you in your abandonment or loss(Ps. 27:10).  He is near to the broken hearted (Ps. 34:18). Your suffering is not wasted (Rom. 5:3-4). 

 

In whatever stage of life you find yourself,  Christian, you have been given these “great and precious promises” (2 Pet. 1:4) through Christ’s glory and excellence. Dwell, think, trust, and meditate on them today.