Y’all know how I feel about kids. I don’t want any, & most of the time, I don’t care for other peoples. But I have recently learned something.
We need to be praying for mothers. Mothers everywhere. Whether they’re raising their own children or someone else’s. Whether they have one or two or ten or none and just want to be blessed with one. Or, in the case of this month’s “Awareness of the Month”, if they’ve lost a child through miscarriage or death. All these women are mother…s.
Mothers are constantly fretting that they aren’t adequate. If they spend all day nurturing their child, they feel that they are neglecting housework or their husbands. If they miss a “Mom watch this” they fear that their child will have development issues & be in therapy for abandonment when they turn 21. They feel that they can never do enough & will never be able to protect them throughout their life. Mothers have a hard time. Most of my closest friends are mothers. Some of them, it’s all they ever wanted, & they are totally immersed in the motherhood thing. But they can’t protect their children from heartbreak. They’ll do anything to avoid problems. Other mothers are living the dream too, but the kids don’t cooperate. You hear these stories of kids that NEVER sleep….apparently that’s true. So that mother definitely needs prayers, as she loses her mind a little more every day. And makes her doubt her dreams of raising one, let alone a house full.
Pray for the mothers that became mothers too young & are now re-living the part of life they feel they missed out on. Pray for the mothers who had their babies but turned them over & regret it. Pray for the ones who didn’t see it in their heart to give birth & made an irrevocable choice. Pray for the mothers that are raising a child alone, after the man who did his part is no longer around, for whatever reason. Pray for the mothers who are leaving this Earth, & question how their children will cope, if they’re ready. Pray for mothers. They don’t have it easy, no matter how big their smile.