I’m having one of those days when I stare at my children and I am completely amazed that God has blessed me with this family. When I was young I didn’t think too much about becoming a mom. There were girls I knew that had it all planned out- how many kids, their names, boys or girls. Not me. I figured I would be a mom one day, like I figured I’d buy a house and have a job- but then it was all hypothetical. I never sat down and really imagined what a family of my own would look like.

But here it is.

I think even if I had imagined it, it wouldn’t have looked anything like this. I never anticipated the simultaneous love, joy, frustration, fear, silliness, messiness, humor, inadequacy, and tiredness. I never fathomed that all those could happen in a single day and at times, a single hour.

I’ll be honest- I don’t know how people do this without Christ. Without him, I’m pretty sure every time I read a headline, or came across the most recent study on the horrible products I have in my house that will surely give my kids cancer, I would probably curl up in a little ball and start rocking back and forth. How do you parent without Christ in a world full of Pinterest Birthday Parties and Pinterest Baby Nurseries and Pinterest Diets, and Pinterest Parenting Advice – All of which have been designed to show you that you don’t measure up. You aren’t the most creative mom. You aren’t the skinniest. You aren’t the prettiest. But you are failing your kids, your husband, your community… BECAUSE YOU AREN’T ENOUGH.

But in Christ I don’t have to be enough… because He is. He tells me to cast my cares on Him, to lay them at His feet. And what a beautiful invitation that is for this tired mama! It sure makes parenting a lot less daunting- the headlines less scary, the competition less demanding- knowing the One who IS enough is more than enough for me.