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Raise your hand if you have a question-meter! That’s when you’ve hit your limit on the amount of questions you can rationally handle. A mother’s day is constantly interrupted with questions about lost shoes, more snacks, relationship drama, extra screen time and so much more. Your answers are informing the inquiring minds in your home and are so important. Our kids are learning about this world through our honest and sometimes creative explanations. They are taking a peek into our minds and accessing our wisdom.

Where does a mom go when she needs answers? We believe God is our source for all our questions. He is infinitely wise, excessively patient and consistently honest. When was the last time you petitioned God…and then really listened for the answer? Today Kate and Rebecca chat about seeking God with all our questions. Let’s take a cue from our kids and keep asking, seeking and knocking. God is never too busy or too tired to spend time with us, filling our bellies with truth and comfort to tackle whatever comes our way.

Bible truth:

• Matthew 18:1-5
• Matthew 5:6
• Jeremiah 33:3
• Matthew 7:7
• 1 Corinthians 2:10-16
• Ephesians 1:15-23

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Objectifying women is bad. We can all agree on that and yet, we do it to ourselves nearly everyday when we look in the mirror or look at a picture and analyze ourselves as objects, not humans. We only see what we can see and scrutinize every part. God did not create us as objects. He created us as people, made in His image. Who we are is much more than what we look like. Listen in to this interview with Heather Creekmore as we unlock the chains keeping so many of us bound to the stronghold of body image.

*TRIGGER WARNING* If you have a complicated relationship with food, this may be an episode you want to consider with caution

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January always means a diet, right? Some kind of cleanse or new commitment to only eat clean or avoid certain foods to get rid of those holiday pounds and get summer bod ready. But what if January didn’t mean that? What if it meant something new? Kate is sharing in this episode how she is laying down her regularly programmed diet ritual and trusting as God calls her out to something new, something better.

*TRIGGER WARNING* If you have a complicated relationship with food, this may be an episode you want to consider with caution

TRUTH:

Colossians 2:6-8 and 16-23

1 Timothy 4:1-5

Here are culture lies and truth from God’s word:

• Culture says: your weight equals your worth

God says:

Philippians 3:19: Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

Luke 12:6-7: Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

You were worth Jesus to God

• Culture says: your value comes from the way you look

God says:

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20: Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 12:1-2: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 3:16: Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

1 Samuel 16:7: For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.

• Culture says: you will get more praise the better you look

God says:

Proverbs 31:30: Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

1 Peter 3:3-4: Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

Isaiah 61:3: They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

• Culture says: don’t eat certain foods; you have to eat clean

God says:

Colossians 2:20-23:  If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

1 Timothy 4:1-5: Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Romans 14:17: For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

• Culture says: you need to look like this

God says:

Psalm 139:14: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Ephesians 2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Timothy 4:8: For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Isaiah 64:8: But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Romans 9:20: But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

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I would guess that every mom has felt this way at some point. Our days get interrupted by a feeling of being overwhelmed. We hear ourselves say, “Why can’t I get it all done?” These moments of frustration and despair push us to tears or back to bed. We wonder if we’re the only one feeling this way. Surely other moms have it all together with endless time for all their errands, appointments and needy kids. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Two big contributors to feeling overwhelmed are pace and the need for control. No, you cannot do it all and your body won’t let you. Fatigue, foggy brain, irritability and trouble sleeping are physical symptoms of feeling overwhelmed. You do have limits and God knows it. He sees your crazy schedule, messy house, scattered brain and invites us to stop the race to be supermom. *News flash* There’s no trophy at the end.

Matthew chapter 6 reminds us that worry gets us nowhere. God knows what we need before we do. Our value comes from God and not how many things get checked off our to-do list. We’re chasing the wrong things and that feeling of being overwhelmed is because of worldly gain and pressure. Jesus tells us to seek first his kingdom. Roll out of bed into prayer and ask God to prioritize your daily schedule. I wonder what he would change if we let him lead our day according to his purpose and plan? Scripture promises that ‘all these things will be added to you.’ That’s a gift of grace to all us overwhelmed moms.

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We interrupt this regular scheduled day of motherhood to announce that the Gather Moms Podcast is BACK! We are so excited to join you for another season of real talk with lots of laughs and life truth from God’s Word. How many times a day (or night HA!) do you get interrupted? Baby won’t sleep, call from the School Nurse, screaming kids while you’re working from home, or maybe you just can’t get a minute alone in the bathroom. Mamas juggle interruptions all day long.

This season we’re going to share some wisdom on how to manage life as a mom-interrupted.  We’re taking your responses to our 2022 Motherhood Survey to discuss heavy life interruptions like anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, loneliness, marital struggles and health concerns. We see you, Mama, and we are feeling the struggles too, but we also know Jesus has truth to help us engage this interrupted life and see him working for our good.

Exciting ANNOUNCEMENT! Gather Moms Podcast is launching its first-ever Lent study over on our Patreon. You can get exclusive access to daily lent devotionals as we walk together through the 40 days leading up to Easter. Lent reminds us we were broken without Jesus and ultimately saved by his sacrifice on our behalf. It helps us focus our mind and heart on the coming glory of Easter so we can rejoice over our risen Savior. Become a Gather Patreon supporter today and listen with us!

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At The Mom Event, we asked some of our favorite wise, intentional, Jesus-loving mamas to join us for some real talk. We asked them how they deal with mom competition, what they can do to not lose themselves in their mom identity and what they would tell their new mom self, among many other questions.

Do not miss this one. It is overflowing with wisdom and real help.

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As moms, we know how it feels to be knocked down. We know the struggle to get out of the bed and face another hard day because we know our people need us. The last two years have been especially hard on moms. We are the ones on the front lines in our homes trying to keep everyone healthy, navigating tough conversations, making impossible decisions and trying to keep ourselves going when we just want to quit.

Kate shared with us at The Mom Event hope for when we get knocked down; hope to help us RISE. Listen in to this bonus episode of what Kate shared with us.

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