Not Enough
May 08, 2017by Nancy Lindgren
I'm actually off the grid this week celebrating our 30th anniversary with my hubby. Can't believe it's been that long already! This is a post I wrote last year for Mother's Day. I want to wish all of you sweet mamas a big Happy Mother’s Day next Sunday!
Do you know how valuable you are? You may not hear it spoken to you in a way that you would like to hear but the truth is your worth does not depend on someone telling you, showing you or giving you something. Your value depends on what God says and He says you are a daughter of the King and you are worth far more than precious gems and jewels.
I was reading Proverbs 31:10-31 this morning and was, again, struck with the fact that I could feel like I never measure up or I’m not quite doing enough (especially since I don’t always get up when it is still dark, haven’t bought a field or planted a vineyard and I’m not making linen garments and selling them). I think the #1 struggle I hear from moms today is that they feel like they are not enough.
Ladies, can I be really frank with you? We aren’t enough and we will never be enough but God is enough in us and that is what is so freeing! Our job is to do the best we know how to do and let God fill in all of our gaps.
We will fall short. We will mess up. We are lacking. We are not sufficient. We are weak. We are imperfect. Let’s admit it and look to and lean on the One who is All-Sufficient, All-Powerful, All-Knowing. The One who is Perfect in every way.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 is a promise from God to us: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Let’s respond as Paul did and say “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
The really sweet thing is to see our children and husband rising up and calling us blessed and praising us even though they know we are not enough.
This Mother’s Day let’s be a display of the Jesus who is Enough in us!
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