Millennials & Motherhood

Dear Mamas and mamas-in-waiting! 

I hope you are all well. Today I am doing something a bit different by focusing on you, the person, before you wear the different hats you do. I wanted to share how much God loves us and wants to see us living Holy and righteous lives. It is all possible through faith and repentance because ultimately the Lord is going to judge us; so examine your life today and see if you are heading towards condemnation or eternal life. I would say, make a prayer before you listen and then listen. I encourage you to seek the truth in the Holy scriptures for Jesus is the living word of God. Seek and find him today. Stay blessed and in peace. 

Love Una

Hello mamas and mamas-to-be!

Today I wanted to share something personal and it may be triggering, so please proceed with caution. Violence against women and children during this covid-19 lockdown in my home country, Botswana is on the rise. Violence continues to happen, with limited movement and social distancing, women and children are more vulnerable to all kinds of abuse. In one week alone, there were 45 reported cases of rape and defilement with the youngest victim aged 2, a baby. I still cannot fathom that, but I understand and know this kind of violence from close family so well. I continue to pray for the victims and pray that many find courage to come forth and seek help and find safety. Let us stand together in prayer to pray against this violence, especially that affects the innocent children.

I wrote a 2 pager on my LinkedIn page, requesting the President and his ministers to respond to this issue. While we wait for that there are things we can do; we can pray that these women and children find peace and hope in Christ. He is the one who can embrace them and heal their pain just as he continues to heal mine.  Please be mindful that the entire podcast is 57 minutes with the first 28 minutes being in Setswana language and the remaining 28 mins being the English version of part 1. If you speak or prefer English forward to part 28:30. 

I thank you for your listenership. Please share the helpline numbers with those that may need and if this is happening to you, find courage to seek help.  Send 'HELP' to 16510. When it is SAFE please call or text to 74265081/71311244/71888993/71525309/11611

Until next week, Love Una

Matthew 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

Hello Mamas and Mamas-to-be!

I hope you are well and keeping safe during these times. I am doing okay and I just wanted to share that I am doing the last 7 episodes of this season 1 and those will be my last. I will then take an indefinite pause from the podcast. I hope you listen to the material and playback the previous ones! Feel free to give feedback as I thank you for your weekly listenership, it's been a privilege to be heard. I pray God be with you all.

So! Today I just want to share on self care and some of the things that I am doing to keep calm in this situation. How are  you doing mama, honestly how are you? It's been stressful and tough is just an understatement and as moms we often just drown in the process. So I am here to just share what I am doing and it may be things to consider as well.  I start and end my day in prayer and fellowship with God, that truly gets me through the day. I have found that if I don't, I struggle more. This week I found peace in the book of Mark and Lamentations, have a read. In addition to that I exercise and unplug, i'd strongly recommend that because we are spending so much time downloading fear and anxiety that just causes more harm to us.

I hope you find time to have a listen and try one or two things. Remember, do what you can and be intentional about that commitment, it is for you so that you are energised and best serve your other commitments. I am sharing a link to my exercise playlist, it's just 30 mins to just sweat and laugher as you feel your glutes and thighs burn :))))))

Until next week, God willing

Una

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Mark1:35 Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, he went out and departed to a solitary place and there he prayed.

Lamentations 3:25,26 The Lord is good to those who wait for him. To the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Hi and welcome to Episode 13, live from quarantine! I know, I am a little on 100 today because that's what 2 weeks in the house does to you! anyways, this week I jump on this issue concerning stay at home moms and our feelings or our discontentment about being SAHM

Hey Mamas and Mamas-to-be! 

I hope you are well and are adjusting to this current reality. It has been a tough 5 days with kids at home from school and I know as mamas we are feeling the heat and all feelings associated with this pandemic. Its been challenging to say the least, lol! I hope this encouragement will give you hope and know that you are not alone, there's many mothers going through what you are and more importantly there's a God in heaven waiting for you to run to him for peace, mercy and love, which are in abundance. There is a lot of information and misinformation being passed along, so be wise and protect your mental health. Although we are social distancing, be sure to connect more with family, friends, neighbours through free and other affordable means available to you.

Below are some resources to encourage you during this time. There are many, please don't overwhelm yourself. Just choose what works best for you.

1. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=NLT

2. https://zoom.us

3. https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/educational-activities-for-kids-stuck-at-home/

4. https://pbskids.org

5. http://akiliandme.com

6. https://www.youversion.com

7. https://www.skype.com/en/

love, Una

Visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html for updates on protecting others and yourself. 

- We are preparing, listening to the govt, to experts BUT where are we in preparing for the imminent return of Jesus Christ? That’s my focus for tonight. My prayer is that we continue praying, we form solid communities of prayer to seek God’s face. He is our shepherd and in him we have everything we need. You don’t have to be fearful. 

Scriptures to meditate: 

- Psalms‬ ‭51:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

- 2 Chronicles‬ ‭7:14‬ ‭AMP‬‬ “and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.” Exercise humility, pray and seek God. He is what we ought to be praying for, nothing else is more important. When we pray he will hear us, he will heal us and our land. Let’s us praise God because he forgives us, heals us, he’s merciful and he LOVES us- Psalm 103

-  James‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” 

- ‭‭Luke‬ ‭18:1‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.” Verse 8, “I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?” 

* I challenge you to start virtual prayer chains and just allow the Holy Spirit to lead you into prayer. He’s our intercessor and therefore knows that we ought to pray about that’s in accordance to God’s will. 

* Take this time to connect with loved ones and be a good neighbor. Spend time with your children, don’t overwhelm yourself with tomorrow- be present.Continue sowing in the many ways the Holy spirit leads you.

Love, Una

Hello mamas and mamas-in-waiting! 

I hope you are well wherever you are in the world and to those affected by COVID-19 (like our area) please follow the precautions and support your kids to do the same. Keep hands away from the face, wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds and self quarantine if you are sick. Stay safe y'all. I know you may be anxious and fearful but remember whose you are.

On this Friday I bring you yet another episode and I am talking about Routines. Does your family have one? You probably have, perhaps you haven't written it down and pasted in on your fridge like I have, lol! I ma certain you have, and it is good and especially for our kiddos that need the structure to feel secure and belonging to your warm family. 

Routines, just like families are unique and you just have to figure what works best for you and your family and do that. Routines are better when simple so that you don't build prison walls that you'd fill trapped in and overwhelmed. It's easier to establish one for the family but what about one that you share exclusively with Jesus Christ? I encourage you to go into prayer and seek him and submit to him as that is most important priority. It would be from there that all the other things you plan to do follow. I tend to be very sluggish and just out of touch if I don't feed of the word first thing when i begin my day, do you? So that was my sign that I need that word, that is what will set tone for the rest of my day especially with a household to manage and a toddler to entertain. 

I hope you find encouragement from this message as I did when I was preparing for the show. I was encouraged by Jesus in Luke 10:38-41 when he showed Martha what she was missing- him! ''Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” Wow! isn't that great how Jesus showed us what is important here. Him rebuking Martha about her priorities is a lesson for us all. In addition to Matthew 6:11 'Give us this day our daily bread' - take each day as it comes and ask God for grace. Find God in the scriptures.

Love, Una

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Love, Una