Every mom I know has experienced doubtful, discouraging thoughts from time to time -”Maybe I’m not made for this.” There seems to be many triggers for thoughts like these: moments of awful sleep deprivation, times when we’re drowning under piles of laundry, being overwhelmed by work life balance, dealing with that child whose behaviors we’re having trouble coping with... we’ve all had moments where we question if we can do this mom thing, if we were “made for this”.

I assure you, you are absolutely made for this. When God graced you with a child, however that child came into your life, He made you to be your child's mom.But even with that truth in mind, we can still struggle in our thinking...