Jesus wants you to chill out!

Dear Moms, Jesus Wants You To Chill Out!

FACT: If your children can’t read by age four, there is a 95% chance they will end up homeless and on drugs.

FACT: If your children eat any processed food, there is an 85% chance they will contract a rare, most likely incurable disease, by age 12.

FACT: If you’re not up at dawn reading the Bible to your children, you are most likely a pagan caught in the clutches of witchcraft.

FACT: If your children watch more than 10 minutes of television a day, there is 75% chance they will end up in a violent street gang by age 17.

Obviously, the “facts” listed above are not true (at least, I don’t think they are). But, I’ve noticed that the Internet has made it much easier for people, Moms in particular, to compare themselves to each other. 

Moms, Jesus wants you to chill out!  You don’t have to make homemade bread to be a faithful Mom. You don’t have to sew your children’s clothing to be a faithful Mom. You don’t have to coupon, buy all organic produce, keep a journal, scrapbook, plant a garden, or make your own baby food to be a faithful Mom. There’s nothing wrong with these things, but they’re also not in your biblical job description.

Your job description is as follows:

• Love God. This simply means finding some time during the day to meet with the Lord. It doesn’t have to be before all the kids are awake. It doesn’t have to be in the pre-dawn stillness. Your job is to love God. How you make that happen can look a million different ways.

• Love your husband (unless you’re a single mom, of course). Your second job is to love and serve your husband. Husbands are to do the same for their wives, but that’s for a different post. If your husband really likes homemade bread, make it for him. But don’t make it because you see other Moms posting pictures of their homemade bread on Facebook.

• Love your kids. Your calling as Mom is to love your kids and teach them to follow the Lord. They don’t need to know Latin by age six. If they do, more power to you. But that’s a bonus, not part of the job description. Your job is simply to love your kids with all your exhausted heart, and to teach them to love Jesus. That’s a high calling. Don’t go throwing in other, extraneous things to make your life more difficult. If you want to teach your kids to sew, great. But don’t be crushed by guilt if your kids aren’t making stylish blazers by the age of 10.

Moms, Jesus want you to rest in Him. He wants you to chill out. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Don’t compare yourself to other Moms. Don’t try to be something God hasn’t called you to be. Be faithful to what He has truly called you to do and know that He is pleased with you!

Love God, love your husband, love your kids. Keep it simple and chill out! Xoxoxo

(Original article found at The Blazing Center)