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I thought motherhood & homeschool would get easier!? Why am I struggling NOW?
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- I've been having thoughts lately. This homeschool mom is feeling vulnerable, but I have to share this because I think moms of teens, especially....will be able to relate to what's been going on. But I can't keep going the way I'm going because I'm failing. Homeschooling is not easy. Motherhood is not easy. The spiritual battle is intense.
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I feel you dear sister. ❤️ The spiritual warfare is OFF THE CHAIN! Unbearable. The enemy finds the weakest link in our family and uses them to try to break the bonds. I really feel like God is chiseling us this year- something big is headed our way and he is preparing His children to get stronger and closer in our relationship with Him before this new battle comes. I feel so weak already, so defeated. How can I possibly handle what’s coming if I’m already so worn down? But this is where we surrender our burdens to our sweet Father who loves us and wants to carry our burdens. Our faith will be tested more than ever. Sister, we all need to join in prayer- whomever reads these comments- come on sisters in Christ! Let’s join together and pray against this spiritual attack on our families!! Jesus we need your help!!🙏🏻❤️🕊️
Amen, sister!!! Chiseling us....I think so too! He's prepparing us and the battle intensifying is expected. And even though its uncomfortable, we should consider it a privelage to be in the battle. Where there is a battle, there is truth. Does Satan care about those who are luke warm or cold? He's already got them where he wants them. He doesn't even have to try.
And worn out....yes. Thankfully, in my weakness, His strength is made perfect. When I'm weak, He is strong! ♥️
I"m praying for all the worn out Mamas with you!🙏
This woman is a secular!
She doesn’t have God in her life, that’s why she can’t accomplish her goals and frustrates herself.
Put Jesus Christ 100% in your life and you will be able to accomplish things you have never thought. I am a testimonial of this!
@@chiaraboccelli4189 what in the world are you talking about? Human beings are not righteous and perfect **even when saved through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ**. If you think you're somehow without sin in your daily life after becoming saved, you're no different than the pharisees. The process of sanctification is different for everyone. Don't be a fruit inspector, as it lights up pride.
Hang in there! We have all had these seasons. My aunt use to tell us this saying. I can't, he never said I could. He can, he always said he would. God is faithful and our strength comes from him. I'm an anxious person and my favorite verse in the bible always brings me back to him. Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. Prayers for you during this time.
I love that!!!! I’m going to write that one down!!
Be still! Yes! Sometimes that’s all he needs from us.
I was telling somebody else in the comments, the Psalms are so relatable and precious bc many of them were written by faithful men who ALSO were struggling!!! So while, we shouldn’t reside in our anxiety….we also shouldn’t feel alone. And God has given us tools and comfort through his Word to help us through it! Praise the Lord for these precious Psalms!
This is exactly where I have been at. I can’t even get to the part of setting up my UA-cam podcast much less homeschool, keep the house clean, get all the meals on the table, exercise …. Let’s put our burdens on the lord. His yoke it light … I will be praying for you. Please pray for us too.
Absolutely! ❤️❤️❤️
I see & feel your burden, my sister in Christ. I have 5 kids, ages 27 to 12, and have graduated 3 of them from homeschool. It is indeed a spiritual warfare going on. I've been homeschooling for 16 years and feel many of the things you spoke about. There is a season to everything and they can be very difficult. Will pray for you. Thank you for being so vulnerable, it can indeed be therapeutic.
Thank you for that encouragement!! ❤️ I love hearing from the more experienced Mamas!! I don’t want to wish this time away (like I did when they were babies) but it is hard some days! Like I told another Mama in a comment. I’m going to be that persistent widow like in Luke 18. Im going to keep pleading! And I know whatever Word God sends forth WILL NOT return void. It will account it was sent to do. And I can rest in that if I truly trust in the Lord. He will not fail. ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for your words of encouragement!
You are not alone in this journey. He didn’t bring you this far to leave you. He knows. Praying for you and your family.
Absolutely! I know he’s not gonna leave me! 💕❤️💕 thank you so much!
This is 100% where I am at right now! Literally everything you said is spot on! Two young teens challenging me on so many levels and I battle in the Spirit for them constantly! I get woke up several nights I week with thoughts of them needing me to put my shield of faith up for them in prayer. I do allow some 'worldly' things in their life because want to teach them how to navigate it before they go out on their own. How do you enjoy youtube without letting it take you down a bad rabbit hole or how can you play video games and not let it affect your mood or mind or time management. If I DON'T allow some of it then they'll run into it as a young adult without armor already on. There are also things that no matter what I do they'll do it anyway. So in order to not make rules so strict that they hide things or rebel we keep an open dialog about how they control their outcome and success. How the devil can creep in and deceive and defile and you have to protect yourself. And you are right...when they were young and needed you for everything you were looking forward to the day they could do more for themselves. This stage has been the hardest by far! They are looking for independence and you know the world will eat them up if you down helicopter them! Because as much as the THINK they know, they have no idea. BUT you can't talk like doom and gloom is all they have ahead of them! AWWWWEEEE! Lord help us weary mothers!
You get it! I feel this so much! Sometimes you can’t even control what worldly influences they come into contact with even if you tried. It’s impossible. The heart is desperately wicked, and so be strong….and keep aiming for their hearts! It’s hard to surrender to God that we do our part and He has to take it from there. And then we rest in whatever outcome. But if God is sovereign, than he’s in control. If we were in control of the outcome, He wouldn’t be sovereign.
Amen! Thank you for baring your heart on these subjects. I have learned so much from your honest moments. I know that I am not alone in this and that I am not expected to be perfect and I can not shame myself for the choices of others- even my kids. That even through our hard seasons and tender hearts we have an amazing Comforter in the Lord.
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Yes momma I keep hearing suit up momma! We have to keep the Full armor of GOD on 24/7 Sending you the Biggest hug!
😘❤️💕thank you so much!! Ephesians 6 is all over this video, right??? You get it! 😘
Can we just go get coffee??!! You are spot on. It’s getting different and harder. It is good to listen to like minded people who feel the same ❤️ and are having the same struggles. Thank you for sharing.
Yes!!! Let’s go get coffee and chat about how hard motherhood can be! Sometimes that’s all we need to feel stronger, isn’t it? A reminder that we are not unique in the challenges we face. And we can encroach other through them! ❤️
Oh Rachel, I wish I could give you a big hug. I loved the ending where you said you felt a burden lifted off you when you cried out to Abba Father. He hears our cries, and not a single tear goes unnoticed.
”When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.“
Isaiah 43:2 NIV
You know that He is with you during this season of life (Ecclesiastes 3). You’re in my prayers❤
Thank you so much! 💕 that Isaiah verse is one of my favorites!! There was a song with those words in it that I used to listen to when my son was a baby. It was by the wilds, maybe? A men’s quartet. Anyway….that song was kind of an anthem of my early motherhood years as I contemplated what kind of world my children were going to face. It’s amazing how i didn’t (just as my kids don’t) notice the degrees of evil all around when it was only myself to take care of. Of course I noticed some of it. But when I became a mother, it’s like my senses were heightened immediately! That new degree of understanding, though, puts us in our place quickly. We are helpless against these forces on our own and so on our knees we go! 💕
Thank you for your sweet words of encouragement!!
I’m here learning for my grandkids. I homeschooled my own kids the oldest will be 40 this year.
It struck me under all you’ve said from my vantage point that you may be entering into menopause. I have a younger friend who was just told by her Dr she is. Symptoms are all what you’ve said and given my own experience we never look outside of our responsibilities as a homeschool mom. We want to self correct and get back on track. Worth checking into.
I know there is spiritual battles and they do intensify as our kids become teens.
Not funny that menopause hits when we have teens, girls more specifically! But it happens.
I would also say, I just heard a seasoned teacher say they never completed curriculum! So that part of planning and expectation needs to be adjusted.
Also, the part of us that wants to keep all our ducks (children) in a row is not going to work. They NEED to push back for their natural independence. I didn’t like it but I see now it’s God given. They need to push against us to grow in their own thinking.
Parents my age are reaping the benefits and consequences of actions when our kids are teens. It’s wise to consider our children as adults interacting with us and realize id we don’t allow they space to grow and be allowed to think differently (I’m not talking way out there ) but just as a person then when they leave our home they won’t wanna come visit or have much of a relationship with us because they will know to be themselves is not allowed. I see it all around, both sides some good and some not good.
So while it’s a spiritual battle, know menopause and our kids need for independence are part of the world God made for us to navigate. We have an opportunity to submit to him and allow him to teach US what we do not yet know.
Praying for you and all the moms who feel the same way in the comments.
Life gets more complicated as we grow. But he is faithful to show us the path.
Waiting to see the seeds planted in 3 prodigals I love very much, while trying to prevent the same in my own children, I am with you in that exhaustion. And God keeps bringing me to what Mordechi told Esther: “has He not created you for such a time as this?” Our children were not made at this time in human history by mistake, He knows what he is doing. Now think about the same for you, Momma. He knew what He was doing with each little soul He assigned to you and your husband (and sounds like grandparents as well) to mold into adults with the potential to glorify Him. You were assigned to each other with purpose.
❤️❤️❤️wow!! Thank you so much for this! This is a powerful reminder!
I read this on Pinterest and thought of what you were talking about in this video.
“The older my children get, the more I understand that it's all hard. Whether your baby is 2 months old or 20 years old, it's all hard because it ALL matters to you. Because you are their mom. There is no one more invested, more committed, more fearful, more hopeful, more proud. And you so desperately want to get it right at EVERY age and every stage.
It's all hard, all of it. But incredibly, somehow, you would still choose this, over and over and over.
You would always choose them.”
So true! ❤️💕❤️
It doesnt get any better in their early 20's. I have homeschooled my kids from the beginning. i have tried my best to protect and pray for them and yet the enemy continues to stalk and hunt my children. My oldest has definitely fallen prey and there is nothing I can do about it anymore except turn to God and pray more loudly and more heartfelt than ever. I want those younger years back. I'd rather be so physically exhausted than mentally exhausted like now. I still have a tween at home and I fear I am overprotecting her because of the way the world is and I know how easily they can fall.
My heart goes out to you!!! I know others in similar situations and it’s so hard! You’re right, the attacks do not stop! They don’t stop on us. They don’t stop on our children. But we know where our help comes from!
This is the verse I referenced in the video from Psalms 61:2
From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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This is a powerful word mama. I feel your heart here, now I don't have teens, they are still elementary age but I see the world for what it is and know the spiritual warfare has been heavier than ever. My family were targets and through His grace just a few years ago have found our way. Not easily but graciously. The thought of my babies getting closer to 'launching' or getting to an age where you have to let them go a bit is so scary to think of. I know your scared mama. Leaving it all at His feet is not an easy task when everything feels so dim. But He's waiting for that complete 'letting go'...trust and let Him show you and keep gently guiding your babies. That's the hardest thing... faith without seeing. Not knowing the outcome can feel debilitating but the enemy lives for us in our weaknesses. I've been that one that lost her way. He will find your babies wherever they are. In faith we are family in Christ and our Father will work it out. 🙏💕
❤️❤️❤️thank you!! It’s always encouraging to hear from the ones who were “that lost one!” I have a dear friend who’s said the same and now she’s such a pillar of faith! God is powerful and his way will not be thwarted! He will do what he has set out to do! Amen
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Amen!
So many mamas are sharing about this exact dilemma in January and as a homeschooling mama for 4 years I too am so incredibly there too! Taking a step back to focus on my home, devotions and exercising. Casting these burdens on the Lord!!!!!
That’s a great focus to start the year with, especially the casting the cares back on him! Easier said than done for Mamas who are used to controlling everything! But we have the power to do it and rest in the outcome! 💕
This season has been very defeating for me as well. Christmas didn't have as much magic this year. Constantly feeling derailed even though my plans seem realistic; we just need to keep giving ourselves grace. We are definitely in a new era of our parenting as well. Everything you're saying resonates. Thanks for sharing your vulnerability. It really helps so many of us through our struggles.
You’re welcome!! Give yourself grace is exactly right!! 💕 and turn to the one who gives you strength!
This was powerful as so many of us are experiencing the same thing and feel alone. I for one feel alone when I see all these amazing mamas that seem to be able to do it all and I'm over here just trying to stay afloat. Thank you for your raw honesty. Praying for you.
You’re so welcome and I COMPLETELY relate to that sentiment!! It definitely helps to share our struggles with each other. It’s like a burden lifts from both parties! ❤️
As a mom to four under the age of 13, I can say it doesn't get easier. It gets different. I have had the same struggles as you and thought it was supposed to get easier, and yes, in some ways, it does. We have to adapt, and as they get older, we step into the role of friend. Obviously, we are not their friends yet bjt we do need to keep teachong them right from wrong but not lose them. My 13 year old statted lying again about little things, but I've noticed if I stay calm, he reacts better and listens. My 11 year old has done things as well that concern me, but to keep pur reltionship strong is what Im focusing on. Some days I have to say no school todsy. We are going on a hike or we're going to have a family day. The enemy wants to divide you because he can see how much care you put into your kids. Dont let the struggles come in between your relationship. Have their friends over and have a game night or invite them out places. Kids have to become their own people and trisls in life make them stronger and form who they will be. Please feel encouraged by my message. Instead of looking back at old photos with sadness,look back at those with a sense of accomplishment. Look forward to someday being a grandma❤ the reality is kids will be tested and hopfully our kids stay strong to their roots and know what we have taigjt them. We love pur kids and need to be strong mothers in Christ❤ I hear you because I have felt the same way. Sorry if it is choppy, I'm messaging on my phone, and the typos have been frustrating. I'll be praying for you, friend❤❤
Thank you!! Absolutely! Relationship over the task list! That relationship building can really be a time “sucker!” 😂💕
I am going through all these comments again and reading them again bc I’m blown away by all the encouragement in here (for us all….there’s some wise words in here!) thank you again for taking the time to share your encouragement!! It means a lot!! ❤
I’ve struggled with sorrow over old photos and missing those times, especially because our firstborn graduates homeschool high school in 3.5 months. Gulp. I’ve been telling myself to thank God for the sweet times and precious memories as I think back on yesteryear. ❤❤❤
I also warn those around me of the dangers of certain things in the world. They also shake their heads and call me dramatic. So, yes, you are not alone! The spiritual battle is raging all around us. Some of us feel it more than others. That’s why we’re so weary. May this simple prayer of “Only you, God, and what you are doing,” encourage you as it has me. Only God, and what He is doing. Keep fighting for your family! It’s not going unnoticed.
❤️❤️❤️thank you so much!!
Just reading through the comments and most of those commenting understand….it has made me ponder this. Many of us feel the spiritual battle intensifying bc we are awake. Soooooo many in the world, and some Christians included, are simply not awake. They are asleep.
We had a missionary come visit us awhile ago from India. He was talking about the life threatening situations and lack of religious freedom against Christians that really is all over the world. Most Americans cannot comprehend what real hardship is! (talk about not understanding the battle til you’re in it). But those Christian’s in Asia, Africa, etc are DEEP in their love for Christ. Standing strong though the threats and dangers come. And they cannot understand American Christianity. The Christian’s across the sea see the church in AMERICA AS ASLEEP. And this missionary jokingly said, but also not jokingly and it was sobering….he said American Christians could use a little persecution. We don’t even know what that is. Most are asleep and un-phased by what’s going on and what’s coming. So they may be like, “Battle? Spiritual warfare? Intensifying? So dramatic! You need help!”
Thats why the Lord said, “Will I find faith when I come?” I’m going to be that persistent widow if I can! (Luke 18)
I am from different country. .and different religion..but your video touched my heart so deeply..the struggle is the same 😢 motherhood is really hard..the most difficult part for me to accept is when i realized that I cannot control my kids lives ..I only can advise them
It definitely gets to that point and it’s humbling. We spend their entire lives to this point making their decisions for them, and now it’s time to start letting go. It’s hard. 💕
Thank you for talking about the NEGATIVES...I feel that so many parents need to hear these things before having children. I by no means regret any of my 5 children, but as they are and becoming teens, it has proven to be one of the biggest, most draining, most terrifying challenges OF MY LIFE. I can imagine what you go through as I'm going through literally the exact same things. Every single word that leaves your mouth has me nodding my head YES! I thank you for talking about the negatives because it helps me to feel normal... to feel human... to not feel like I'm just this terrible, horrible mother. It's as if everything I do or say with my older kids is me attacking them, no matter how I present myself (especially with the oldest who is a girl). But we'll get through this and I try to remind myself that all I can do is raise my kids with Bible principles, apply them myself so that they have an escape, remember that God will handle what I can't, and that no matter choices they make....as long as I tried my best, do not have to blame myself. We are doing so well 😢❤
Amen!! It’s so humbling to examine ourselves during these years too! I also find myself being “negative” so many times and I know it’s just my own frustration coming through bc I’m trying so hard to guide them into a place where I KnOW there is blessing and they just don’t see it. But sometimes, we absolutely can do the right thing in the wrong way. And the enemy will use every advantage he has against the purposes of God. We have to guard our own selves first…
Oh my, how the tears started to fall... this stage is what I can emotional warfare!! littles leave you physically exhausted, bigs leave you emotionally exhausted!! Prayer and love and logic parenting are the only thing that have helped me survive- and not always well... Yes, to feeling those spiritual battles!!! Stay on your knees mama!!
Mama of 20/19/16/10 (first time HS mama this year to the 10yo) Your videos give me encouragement to keep going!!!!!!
❤️❤️❤️I’m so glad I can encourage you! And it means so much when you all encourage me with sweet comments like this! On my knees regularly as it’s where I find relief! 💕
I feel the intensity too. I read John lately and God will not allow the darkness to overcome !! He is the only one who can do it. ❤️what if we didn’t try to be an example…but just walked with God, focused on him and trusting God with my kids spiritual walk. Being intentional yes but not controlling. - so hard for me to do…you’ve got the right mindset! He will do it.
Sending hugs your way mama ❤ it's good to share the struggles bc we can all relate to one another and uplift one another with the real life moments ❤
Thank you! Motherhood is not easy and it really does help to know we aren’t unique in these struggles and we can send the virtual hugs! 💕
With you there on the motherhood fears as well. At the point where I don’t know what my children belief as far as our faith. One openly rejects it at times. We just have to pray that God will preserve them.
Amen!! I keep reminding myself, they are HIS children entrusted to my care. And pray for transformation that cannot be denied! Amen!
Oh Rachel, we have an amazing Heavenly Father who will never leave us nor forsake us. God is a father who can not lie, and will not go back on his word. We have to cast our cares on him. I’m so glad to hear that Psalms 61 comforted you. 💕 I had a moment last night where I cried unto the Lord and I felt better as well. We are definitely in a spiritual battle, but we must fight the good fight! God bless you! ❤
Thank you so much for sharing that!! It really was exactly what I needed! God bless you too!!! ❤️
Praying for all Jesus loving & following families! The attack is real. My husband is under attack now and we know any part of the family, us moms included, are targets. Let us stand firm! The Lord is mighty and He goes before us and behind us. Press into His word, into worship, and into prayer. Be encouraged, dear friends, you are NOT alone. 🙌💜
❤️❤️❤️ absolutely! The battle is real! No wonder why in Ephesians 6:13 it ends with “having done all, to stand!” Just standing and not falling is a victory in itself! Stand strong. You may not be able to advance forward….but we can stand, with the full armor to protect us!
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Amen! ❤️❤️❤️🙏☝️💪
Rachel, thank you. ❤ You have voiced the cry of so many mothers. Thank you for sharing your heart. Keep fighting for your babies, and resting in the arms of our Almighty Father. ❤
Thank you so much! It’s such a blessing to know we are not alone in this fight or even alone in this struggle to that we can encourage each other!! 💕
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My dad (also an amazing dad) told me that my preteen son will go through some hard things as he grows older that God will use to shape him and those will be outside of me. I’m working on remembering sometimes our kid’s future choices or circumstances, though scary for us, are never for nothing. And we can thank God how he will shape them in difficulties! I’m in these trenches with you too!
Wise words!! That’s so good! And their refining in the fire will be between them and God. We may never know the heat of that fire and as mothers it’s hard to not want to be involved in every detail. But at some point we have to hand them back over to God. Like Hannah…..what an example! Weaning her son and then handing him back over for the Lord’s purposes. What faith she had!
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan yes! What an example, in fact that might even serve me to read that story too of Hannah again🩵
Oh my, you have put into words my exact feelings. I am so tired of the battle…I feel like I’ve been in this battle for many years..I’ve homeschooled for over 20 years and still have 7 to go. I too think I should have all this figured out by now.
But all the battles are real and consuming. I’m worn out. I feel so alone. I do t have anyone to share my thoughts and feelings with.
I was brought to tears by what you shared. Im so thankful I clicked play on your video! I don’t feel so alone. All these comments of ladies feeling and experiencing the same things…wow! The enemy is truly at work.
Im praying for all of you!!!
God is amazing!! I, too, am blown away by the outpouring in these comments! And all glory to God for leading me in what to share bc the day before I recorded this video, I had no clue. I knew I needed to communicate something to my audience since I had not made a video in over a month, but I didn’t know what to say. And that’s when cried to the Lord!
One of my favorite veteran homeschool moms, Heidi St John, says if homeschooling doesn’t bring you to your knees, you’re doing it wrong! ❤️ on our knees pleading with the Lord is the best thing we can do for our children!
Dear Sister... this was the most touching video. I am a young mama, but I too have been weary and burdened this past year with various things. When you spoke about "Abba Father... Daddy" I began to get teary because of how much I resonated with that picture of our Heavenly Father caring for us and taking over our cares if we would only surrender and ask! I echo you.. "Praise God!" that when we are weak, HE IS STRONG. Keep the faith, Rachel. I have been greatly encouraged by 2 Cor. 4:16-18 recently. "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." Wishing I could give you a hug as I could feel how brokenhearted and weary you are. Thank you for being vulnerable to share. God continues to use you and I am so thankful for your channel! My mother in law always says, "In every season there is something to ENJOY and something to ENDURE." May God bless you with pleasant things to enjoy in this season while you trust Him and cling to the cross through the hard parts. Lifting you up in prayer!
Thank you SO MUCH for these wise words of encouragement! WOW! You are a blessing!!!
Something to enjoy and something to endure….writing that one down! That’s good! 💕❤️ thank you for the scripture as well! I’ve been so uplifted today by all the warm comments! I wish I could give you a hug right back!!!!!!! 😘
Girl, I was trying to jump through the screen to give you a hug! Allllll the feels. I'm struggling to teach long division to 2 kids, while teaching 1 to read, and 2 more youngins. Last school year was worse. We struggled just to do the basics. Our son was diagnosed with cancer about a month after I had another baby, so we had a lot on our plate outside of homeschooling. That's all I could manage to do. We're slowly introducing more things back in, but he's still going through treatment.
I worry about the things you have heavy on your heart because of all the stuff going on. It's not as bad as you I'm sure since mine aren't in double digits yet. I hope the Lord helps ease your worry even more. Thank you for taking the time to make a video on this. 🙏
Oh my goodness!! I should be jumping through the screen to give YOU a hug!!! 😘❤️
All you mamas today have been such a blessing! We’re ALL going through things and we all need to be reminded that we are not alone in our motherhood worries. And also. No matter what, God isn’t going to fail! We can and SHOULD rest in him! ❤️😘❤️ you are so sweet! Thank you for your encouragement!
It's very brave to be vulnerable and share your struggles. I promise to lift you in prayer to our most gracious Father. 🙏 ❤
Oh you are so sweet!! Thank you so much! ❤️💕❤️
A LOOTTT of people have said they felt that way about Christmas this year !
It's like you are in my head! Thank you! Thank you! I cried all through this because you put into words exactly what's been going on with me and my family lately. Prayers right now for you dear one. I needed to hear you remind me that I have a daddy and he is the King! Thank you!
❤️❤️❤️❤️amen! I’m so glad you feel seen!! Virtual hug sent!!! 🤗
Oh my goodness your video just popped up while i was sitting on the couch feeling so defeated about my 14 y.o. daughter's choices. I needed to hear you. I needed to know I'm not alone. The battle is real. Thank you for sharing your heart.
You are so welcome!! God has amazing timing, doesn’t he? 💕
Dear sister. Praying over you now. You are not alone. Thank you for sharing.
He will hold you fast 💛
❤️❤️❤️thank you so much! 😘
My son is only 8 and I see this in our future and it makes me so sad, anxious, scared for their future. I was telling my husband, if I had known how much I’d love them and the fear and pain of just the thought of losing them, I may have reconsidered having kids. It’s the thing no one can warn you about - not really.
I’m so sorry to see to feeling this pain.
Thank you! It’s a normal growing pain of being a mother! Every child is going to make decisions that you don’t want them to make. But in everything, God is in control! And what this stage of motherhood really reminds us of is that our children is in Gods hands. We think of them as being OURS and we try our best to guide them. But really, they are HIS, and He will complete the purposes he has for them. Pray, Trust, and Rest! 😉
Praying for you!!! I’m glad ur real!!! I’m enjoying this time where my older kids can learn independently but with a 16 year old and 2 13 year olds my teenagers are making homeschooling harder but I know that homeschooling is helping my kids be better ppl!!! I’m learning that trust of my teenagers is definitely needed!!! I feel the warfare and just leave my teenagers in God’s hands!!!
Thank you!! Gods hands is the best place for them too! 💕
I feel your ❤ so much in this! I have to remind myself of the walk I have been through with the Father…every battle and every struggle I had in my life…and I have to look back and see how He was so faithful in my journey…is so faithful…He never leaves us or forsakes us. Then I have to remind myself that He will be faithful in my kids journey as well. I love how you kept saying you are just standing still… Ephesians 6 tells us to put on the whole armor of God and stand…praying. God is our armor…we just stand in it. I am reminding myself of this as well…as I am in the thick of it also. Much love to you dear sister.
Thank you so much!!! And I’m praying for all you Mamas in this too!! 💕
Standing still! ❤️ I had that Ephesians verse on my mind and also “Be still and know that I am God!” Either way, sometimes just standing still is all he wants!
That’s what Moses told the children of Israel to do before God parted the Red Sea. They didn’t have to do anything but stand and observe just how powerful and great a deliverer he is! ❤️
And….
Sometimes he just wants us to be still to listen for his voice. If we are too busy trying to figure it out all the time, sometimes we drown him out. And we are usually the ones who need answers RIGHT NOW!! 😉 But he asks us to be still, be patient, and wait for him to speak through His Word and through the peace that passes all understanding. When he’s got our full attention, He will do just that. That’s been my experience. 💕
I thank you for your raw honesty. I am a mother of 5. I have two children that completed public high school. Our middle child I felt like I was loosing her to the forces/doctrines of public school and the woke agenda. I pulled her(10th grade) and her twin siblings(5th grade) out of public last year. We are on our second year homeschooling. Many things you have spoken I can understand/feel. I pray I’m doing the right thing, the very thing I feel God told me to do. I will continue to follow through and keep crying out to ABBA Father. ((Hugs)), I don’t know you, this video literally popped up on my feed but I needed to hear it. Blessings dear warrior! Yes, you are a warrior, SAY it, believe it and remember our Lord fights for us. Forward we go! 🛡️⚔️✝️
Awe! And blessings to you, Mama!! You are doing the right thing for your babies!! You obey God and let him do the rest! We have to remind ourselves that he ONLY DOES WONDERFUL THINGS!! His plan may be harder than we hoped, but it’s what we need! And in the hardest times is when our faith grows!! He’s refining gold, and he cant get to the gold without the fire! 🔥 ❤️💕❤️
Powerful. Amen! Crying with you. You’re not alone darlin’ sis❤ Hallelujah ❤
😘💕thank you so much!! Amen!🙏
I totally feel you on this. Right here with you. We are in a seriously hard season fighting for our kids in this world. Thank you for sharing your heart. I resonated with this so much❤
❤️you’re so welcome! ❤️
I wish I lived closer so we can hug, cry, and pray together.
Me too!!! 😘❤️💕❤️
Yes to all of this! All my babies are now all teenagers and IT'S HARD! I miss those little arms around my neck and the sweet family time we used to spend together. But- I am looking forward to the days ahead and being able to see how God works in their lives. And hopefully someday I will have little arms around my neck again with grandchildren. God is so faithful and He will work all things for good and for His glory! I had such a hard time (and still do) and found it helpful to find another mom in a similar stage to meet up with for coffee once a month and chat. Don't go through it alone! Pray together and share struggles! We all need each other. Thank you for being honest, I love your channel and I'm praying for you! ❤
I feel exactly the same! I look forward to seeing the LORD’s hand through all of it! 💕❤️💕 thank you!! I had a wonderful prayer time last night before bed including all of you lovely women feeling these same things in motherhood! God is so wonderfully gracious that I can’t help be thank him for these trials bc they bring us closer to him. 🙏
Lord, it's me. I am weary. I am here again at Your feet.
Going to watch this video.....again
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This video made me cry because it's exactly what I've been feeling but unable to express. I have 4 teens all battling something plus a mother with cancer. Most days I feel like I'm going to explode and I feel so paralized. This is my 10th year homeschooling and the first year I feel like giving it up. It's been a huge struggle that I feel is defeating me. I feel the spiritual warefare and I know I am helpless without Christ. We all need prayers for our kids hearts to be protected. Prayers for us mamas as well. Thank you for your video. It's nice to know there's others out there understanding how you feel.
I DO understand and I did infact pray for all of you Mamas last night! We all need strength and encouragement and God is able to deliver! He’s so much mightier than the forces fighting against us. They are nothing to him. ❤️❤️❤️ I wish I could give you a hug!! 🤗
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Thank you ❤️🙏🏻
This is the most relatable video I have seen of yours. I showed this to my 13yr old and I think might have gotten a small taste of understanding where me and his dad are coming from
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My oldest is going into high school in the fall. She was a child mentally just a few short months ago. Now she thinks she's so grown up. In a way she is, but it's so strange to not have her as young any more. She makes decisions and forgets to even ask me. They are ok decisions, but it's strange to not feel needed. At the same time, she's so vulnerable and desperately needs her last 4 years of childhood to be guided by Mom's wisdom. It's a strange different role for me. That's for sure. I bought a book "love her well". I'm hoping it will help my connection with her. I continue to pray for wisdom for this end stretch of parenting her. And I pray for her as well, that she will be protected, that she will continue to love God, that she will be ready in the day of testing, that she will marry the right person at the right time, etc. All this to say, you're not alone. We're there with you. Begging God for the mercy and grace He richly and freely provides. Hugs.
Amen! RICHLY provides, yes! 💕
I don't homeschool, but I can relate. I mean, RELATE. I feel every word you're saying.
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Hi there! Im only at the beginning of the video so far, but just wanted to jump in here and say that I totally feel you on all this. You are definitely experiencing major burnout. I’ve been where you are and it’s hard to not keep going back there. I also have that super challenging child (or 3!) who just take turns completely draining you because if it’s not one crazy thing… it’s another. I currently have 3 preteens and 1 teenager and it’s not easy at all. All I can say is… maybe sit down and write down all the things that you are responsible in a week… and then decide what you can stop doing, cut back, and deligate…
Thank you for this encouragement! Theres a lot to ponder….like HOW I’m homeschooling. Am I taking on too much myself and it’s not working for us anymore for me to be SO involved in so many things? And then there’s UA-cam….🫤 sigh…
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan yes… unfortunately UA-cam is on the plate too… it’s hard when you have been working on something so hard, and you feel like it’s your obligation to be consistent, and you know you will lose momentum if you stop for a bit. But, when it’s at the point where you are not excited to bet the videos out, and forcing them out is so challenging… it’s ok to take a bit of a break from that too. You need your mojo back :) You have lots of fans over here, and we’ll be here waiting for you to come back if you do take a bit of a break! We’ll just be extra excited to watch any new videos :)
@@CalmintheChaosHomeschool you are so sweet!!! 💕 I need my mojo back!! I never thought of it that way! Lol! 😂
Hang in there. All situations good or bad will pass. Sending Hugs and support.
This resonates. ❤ Thank you so much for sharing your heart.
So glad! I’m so thankful that God can use my vulnerability to help another Mama! He is so good!!
So much real raw truth !! This my first year homeschooling our whole way of life has been shifted my husband who worked off 95 % of the time our whole marriage is know home there has been marriage struggles the has been financial struggles we have shifted from private school to home school this year . My kids are 4,8 14 I’ve been mentally struggling on so many levels I so feel like alot of this spiritual warfare to get us for track stop us from
Doing what God has called us too .
The war is definitely out there, but often just within ourselves. Even with the battle raging, if we just keep our eyes on HIM….we will be at peace.
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
🥺🥲 Im in tears. This is what i have felt for over a YEAR! Too afraid to speak it out loud and struggling to keep up. THANK YOU for putting yourself out here for us women that just need to know....WE ARE NOT FAILING!!! We are going to be ok!!
Absolutely!!! I’m so thankful that God has used me to comfort you!! You are definitely not the only one feeling this way!! He who is in Christ cannot fail! I just shared with another here in the comments that in Romans 8:37 it speaks that when tribulation, persecution, or even sword comes, those who are in Christ will OVERWHELMINGLY CONQUER because our hope, our victory has already been won! 💕
Wow!! I literally just found your channel and I watched this with tears and felt EVERY emotion you expressed.
I homeschool too and the challenge is real at times ❤❤
Thank you for sharing that! It really helps to be reminded of how many of us feel this same way. ❤️
The best blessing in my early motherhood was having friends with teenagers and realizing how difficult the older years are too. With each stage, there’s more independence but the potential problems they need help with are progressively bigger and bigger. So thankful for those moms who gave me that perspective! It helped me appreciate the baby/toddler phase more!
I agree! I need older women in my life to come along side and help me! That wisdom is so valuable!
I have felt the same way! You are not alone
❤️❤️❤️I know. WE are not alone!!! 😘
Thank you for this! I needed it. I’m going through a spiritual battle myself. Christmas was different this year. Much more relaxed with fewer festivities (other than History of Christmas). I had a few friends tell me the same about their Christmases. We had a tree up for 24 hours, and that was it. Praying for you! The battle is real.
Thank you! 💕24 hours!!!! Is that typical for your family?
Yes, I think the Lord is reminding us that this world is not our home. The battles remind me of that!! And boy, do I long for home!
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan That is not typical for our family. We usually have the tree up from right after Thanksgiving into January. This year, I just needed simple. Adding a third-born has been a great blessing to our family, but blessings are not without their challenges. We are in the Toddler stage and it seems so much harder this time because I can't give the toddler my full focus (I also have a 6 and 4-year-old who need Mama too). He's into everything. Climbs everything. Tears everything down (ahem, Christmas trees). Interrupts school 500 times a day. And he's so adorable doing it, but Mama is tired. Very tired. I am very seriously considering unschooling for a period but I haven't made that official yet. We are doing a bare-bones, what do you want to learn, school day. Pretty much Cc and a PE co-op we're in, along with bible and our church programs are school for us. And I just need to be okay with that.
I do feel the same. The Lord is reminding us that this is not home. I long for home, too. Oh, how do I long for home!
@@Homeschooling_with_the_Riveras your kids are young enough that you have so much more freedom in molding your homeschool still! I say if you want to unschool, you should totally do it! Do you have a good library?? If my kids were still your kid’s age, I’d be going to library weekly, taking advantage of the sing along programs (It just dawned on me that some libraries have become so woke since my kids were little…..I hope they still have the basic itsy bitsy spider songs) maybe the libraries have activities you can play with THERE (that helps with the mess at home!) and I always loved grabbing DVDs of educational things they could watch for quiet time. And then of course, bring home books! Some you intend to read and some they can look at for themselves.
The library was a lifesaver my first year homeschooling when my youngest was two bc it saved my sanity in terms of messes. It had things to keep her busy. And she was tired when we came home so she slept! 🤪
@@OurHOMEschoolPlanI used to take the oldest to the library, but now even the Childrens library is filled with books that are just awful. Picture books that they can easily get to with inappropriate images. We had our second in 2020, so no library then 🥴 … I try to keep our home library stocked and order books for pick-up from our library. We live in a very liberal area so it’s hard to go to non-church places with young kids because they are going to see inappropriate things guaranteed.
Thank you for the encouragement. I just need to let go, which is hard.
@@Homeschooling_with_the_Riveras what a sad, sad strange world we live in. 😕 I’m praying for all the weary mamas!!! 💕
Dear, I feel your pain, I will be praying for you and your family. May God give you the strength to keep fighting the good fight, knowing that one day there will be no more tears, suffering or pain. That day is coming sooner than later. God Bless you Sister.
I felt last years Christmas was missing something... it just felt different..
I have often said to friends that toddlerhood is a practice for adolescence.. and if think toddlerhood is hard, brace yourself for what's to come.
I agree! Motherhood just keeps earning us new challenges. And I honestly think one of the things I’m making myself anxious about is that even adult children may challenge their adult parents!! I want a blissful, happy, tight-knit family with no only love, joy, and peace. And I know families with children older than mine, who raised their kids in the Lord, who do not have that. It is sobering. But “sufficient for the day is the evil.” Take care of today for tomorrow has enough worries of its own! 😉
I ran a successful corporation; I translated many books in the Bible, but the hardest job I've ever had was homeschooling my kids.
Oh my love! I adore your channel and I completely understand what you’re talking about! I have a 19, 14, 13, and 10 year old. So I’ve been there!! There are a few things you can do to help them be ready for battle. First, you’re absolutely right… you can’t protect them. But don’t be afraid… God wins!!!! Show them now the arrows you protect them from. Show them how arrows are flung at them and you stop them. Do a Bible study about proverbs or other books that talks about godly living. Have the uncomfortable conversations about their relationship with God. Have ALL the uncomfortable conversations. Stop taking every arrow and let a few through so they can see what flung arrows feel like. Even God does this for us… he only allows the arrows through that He can use for his glory. Hallelujah!! Remind the kids of this. And you’ve got to let them get a little shell shocked. They need to feel the danger to begin to trust you. They feel 10 ft tall and bulletproof because with you protecting them, they are! Hang in there Momma! Keep talking with them. Don’t tell them the dangers start asking them what the dangers could be. You’ve got this!!
Thank you!! Yes! We have LOTS of uncomfortable conversations!! Sometimes I’m amazed at how open my daughter is with me bc I was NOT that open with my own mom! 😂 that in itself is a true blessing and a benefit to homeschool, imo! And amen on the Bible studies!! It’s actually quite amazing how our regular Bible study almost always hits something that I can direct at a current issue. The unity of the spirit is working! But you and I have had similar thoughts about Proverbs as well! Proverbs really is so good for so many topics of conversations!! I’m going to ponder that one more!
Paul Washer has a UA-cam series about proverbs where he went through every single verse (over multiple videos of course). He started it in 2020. I may look into that too! By Hank you for the encouragement and the ideas!!! 💕
Oh mama! You are not alone by any stretch.
Homeschooling two teen girls and the emotions and battles are many. The desires, the pulls by other girls, the rose colored glasses….. I too am labeled dramatic.
My heart grieves for what they don’t realize, it aches for what I have to prepare them for versus how it was for me. I am thankful this is not our home,but while it is we have some heavy spiritual battles going on.
I stand with you, sister, and will be praying for our Father to equip us with all the tools we need and give us direction in this world.
But also, His love and comfort as well. It’s hard to be strong all the time and we just need someone to hold us. ❤️
Yes to all of this!!! ❤️💕❤️ Lord, give them eyes to see, and give us strength to bear whatever may come!
you have hit home on SO many topics with this video , I relate with it all with the teens .
I’m glad I was able to make it and that’s it’s reassured so many that your feelings and thoughts are not odd. This has struck a cord with so many (as you can see in the comments!) it really helps to know we aren’t battling alone!
Thank you for sharing your heart. You are not alone.
💕❤️💕 I know I’m not!
I feel you. I always thought it would get easier the older they got, but in reality it's just a different type of hard. Keep holding on to God.
This was exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you so much for sharing your feelings. It is so hard raising teens. My son graduated homeschool in 2023 and now he is in another state at his first year of college. It is so hard to have him gone. And then 3 weeks ago we had to commit our daughter to a mental health residential program. She won’t be home for at least another month. So as a stay at home mom I am all of a sudden an empty nester. It’s so sad and so hard. And I agree with you about the world around us and the evil that’s coming. I think you have inspired me today to start a Facebook group for conservative moms of teens. It’s a scary world and we need shoulders to lean on.
I’m so glad it was helpful!!! 💕❤️💕 you have a blessing of time, as an “empty nester” for now, where you can spend time in prayer and studying the Word to hear up for the battle because it’s never going to stop. But we know where our help comes from!! 🙏
Thank you for sharing, that was so moving.❤ You are not alone. May you feel the presence of Our Almighty Father over you, HE is with you and HE is with me! Amen for His glory and He will not abandon you. You are so right…. We can’t do anything, but through His Son and the Holy Spirit we can. Sending hugs fellow mama bear. My heart feels for you . I understand and am right there with you wanting to fiercely protect and defend our children. Stand firm, HE is on your side.
Wow, thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️ what amazing words! You’ve helped me start my day with a smile! 😃
More of the Lord. Press in to Him, His presence. We live by faith not by what we see ❤ praying for you!
Thank you so much! 💕
I am blessed by finding your channel.
I'm so glad! I’m blessed you found me too! 💕❤️💕
Not by my strength but His! The obstacles we’ve faced recently have been very difficult and tiring. So I can feel your pain. ❤️
Amen! His strength is made perfect in our weakness!♥️
I have a 2 year old and this is reminding me to gracious of this time and stay in prayer. Please pray for me
🙏 be diligent to teach them now! I started teaching my kids about the LORD when they were young, but I look back and still see how I was also lazy about some things. So what you are not consistent with when they’re young, you WILL reap for later. And it’s harder to create good habits the older they get, including praying often with them. Talking often with them about the Bible. teaching them to pray for others. And teaching them to read the Bible on their own. ❤️ squeeze that little one tight!
I feel that way too. I have 3 young kiddos, two with autism. I think I’m not enough, but yet there isn’t a good alternative out there. So days are hard, our strength is found in the Lord, it may feel like we just have a small pitchfork fighting the tide, but we can’t give up, and give in to the enemy 😢❤
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
1 Corinthians 12:9 💕
Sending you my love and prayers ❤️🙏
😭 thank you so much for sharing this because this is where I’m at and thought something is wrong with me. Thankful to know I’m not alone and that others know what it’s like to be in my shoes.
You’re definitely not alone!! 💕
Amen and hugs mama ❤
I feel the exact same way. I really appreciate you sharing this ❤ I’m pregnant with baby number 6 and homeschooling, trying to get it all done is so difficult and overwhelming especially when the kids don’t want to do anything. Having and keeping a schedule of any kind is so hard for me and I know that even if I had one it won’t last with a newborn in a couple months. I know exactly where you are coming from. It’s emotionally draining for sure. Praying for you ❤
❤️💕❤️ I feel like you have more reason to feel overwhelmed than me! 😘 but yes….ever changing needs on a year to year basis. It’s hard to get into a routine and get good at it when your kids just keep growing up! They need to stop! 😂 At least school teachers usually teach the same grade more than 1 year so their 2nd year usually runs more smoothly than their first bc they can implement what they’ve learned. It’s not as simple for homeschool, IMO. For that reason…Grace! And remember it’s more about home than it is about school. When I remind myself of that, I begin to calm about the school things. 💕
I’m not even 2 minutes in and you have nailed my life!! My best friend and I just had this conversation and we are both feeling this! Thank you for your transparency ❤
💕I’m so Glad you can relate!
Rachel: God was speaking to my heart this afternoon and I felt like I should share it with you. He said: It is exceedingly worth it. It’s all worth it. No matter how hard or trying it all is-it’s all worth it.💗
Absolutely!
I have three young ones. And everything you said dwells on me often. I'm not looking forward to those teenage years.
And I worry about once they become adults and I can't shield them anymore
You’re not alone! 💕
My kids are 14,13,12 & 4
I feel like you said in the exact words what I’m feeling like literally yesterday! I am soaking up my 4 year old bc I see how much it hurts as they are older. I appreciate you sharing g this. When I had all Littles I thought it was the hardest thing in the world and you’re right I sure long for it now. I want to enjoy the teen years but I am challenged and questioned on everything. It’s exhausting and hurts deeply bc we can see what they can’t. You pour out your heart and teach them Gods truth but the y resist! I was ready to throw in the towel with homeschooling this week after 12 years! I feel like I’m not enough and the battle is taking me out. The fighting between siblings and the complaints have stolen so much joy and I feel angry & defeated. I can’t seem to rest in the Lord and feel so anxious. I too jump to try to figure out all the things I must need to fix and obsess on those til that also defeats me. I’ll be praying for you sister. We can bear one another’s burdens❤
Praying for all of you Mamas too!! It feels so nice to be in this club of Moms who GET WHAT IM SAYING! 😊 that’s enough to just lift the spirit up a notch! 💕
And also….i want a 4 year old!!!! ❤️❤️❤️oh my goodness! I was just telling my hubs the other day that I’ve decided I enjoy ages 3-11 the most. They’re potty trained! They say the most adorable and sweetest things! And usually….puberty hasn’t started to set in….therefore the attitudes are workable! 😂 I love being able to hang out with my teens, but I just love those younger ages sooooooo much!
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan ohhh yes! 4 is great! He is just So snuggly, sweet and all the adorable things he says and does bring much joy ❤️ Definitely gift from the Lord through the tough stuff !
Thank you for being so vulnerable, and sharing your struggles. I’m sure all of us Mom’s are going through something similar. I have two preteens and I’ve been having those thoughts my self, and feeling nervous about their future. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. And again thank you for being so brave and sharing your struggles. You’re right it’s so beautiful the access/ relationship we have with God as his children! Keep trusting him! 🙏🏻
❤️❤️❤️thank you!! It’s scary to be vulnerable. But the outpouring of mamas who’ve commented, “I feel the same way!” Has been heartwarming! When we no longer feel like we’re the only mom feeling this way, it’s amazing….our army is larger than we think! And God is bigger than we can comprehend! 💕
I totally hear you! It was an odd holiday! Lacking the motivation here too mama ❤
Thank you. I have been feeling the same way lately. God used this video to speak to me and comfort me.
I'm so glad! ❤️❤️❤️
I am praying for you. I understand about the grieving part as you near the end of the journey. The spiritual warfare is so strong with kids and with us parents! I also get the having trouble filming when things are so heavy. I had to take three months off my BookTube channel after my husband had a stroke at the end of July and life changed a lot. My online friends were all there for me when I came back. If you need more time don’t worry. Your viewers will still be here.
Thank you for sharing that! I’m so sorry about your husband! That is scary!!
Amen, sister, AMEN!!!!! ❤ WITH YOU in everything you're saying.
I was blessed to have attended Christian schools growing up. We were assigned verses or hymns to memorize every week. When we whined, our teachers explained that we would need to be able to remember them down the road. Over the last handful of years, I've been seeing how very right they were.
I occasionally find myself running into one particular verse or another over and over again. Psalm 118:24 was so constant last year that I now have it up on our living room wall. More recently are ones such as Psalm 46:10 and Ephesians 6:11-13. Also Psalm 119:105. I'm going through what all you lovely ladies are sharing, writing down each and every verse, and I'm seeing some these verses yet again. Methinks God is telling me something LOL
Thank you for making this, Rachel, and for being so vulnerable. It's encouraging to know (even though we KNOW) that others go through the same and that we aren't alone. And a big thank you to all your viewers for sharing their experiences as well as helpful Bible verses. Group hug!!! ❤
❤️❤️❤️yes! Yes! Yes!! These comments have been so encouraging! I agree! I’m writing your verses down as well!!
Your video came on my recommended page. I'm not a subscriber but reading the comments, and watching the video,I can agree the spiritual warfare is high. The end of last year was rough and it seemed to carry over for my family into this year. As a Christian mom who homeschools I can say I have felt the weight of Godly responsibility to keep my kids Christlike and interested in school and learning. Many a day I "fail" or struggle but it's not failing if I am showing up in the Lord and doing what I am called to do to the best of my ability, and in faith. That was a very hard learned lesson that to this day God keeps reminding me of, so I say that so we can all apply that to ourselves vs beating ourselves up as we tend to do. God keeps soothing my soul when I become weary and feel like quitting. So many times I fear like you do about them going into the world. One time God asked me, Do you think you can protect them better than I can? And...I didn't have an answer for that. He reminded me of how much MORE He loves them than I do. He reminded me of how they aren't really my children but His, just like I am His and how He has lent them to me for a time as their mother on this Earth. Keep fighting the good fight in the Lord and remember that God has a plan for them. Jeremiah 29:11
Remember His word that you have so diligently preached, taught and exemplified will not return to Him void. Isaiah 55:11.
Proverbs 22: 6 You have taught them the way they should go, and when they are older they won't turn from it.
Fear is a tool from the enemy who is a liar. For He has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7.
Remember the stories of David, as well as Joshua & Caleb who when faced against literal giants had faith in God for their protection and ultimate triumph over their enemies. God blessed them for their faith that God would conquer the enemy. There are many wicked giants we as mothers face but we have God, and He is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31.
I share these verses to encourage all the moms out there like myself who struggle, not to scold for being human and having seasons of weariness and worry. My hope is that in sharing we know that in the body of Christ we are not alone as women in the Lord who desperately want our children saved and walking while we prayerfully watch from the sidelines as they grow and mature.
Put on your spiritual armor Ephesians 6:11-13.
My battle tools include-Worship, praying without ceasing, fasting, annointing the home and family, staying in the word, proclaiming the scriptures out loud for my home and family, playing Bible verses in the background, and pleading the blood of Jesus. I also try to remember not to take my eyes off Jesus like Peter did on the water. Again I share to encourage not to reprimand as these words are not my own and also I say them to encourage & remind myself because it is a hard world we live in, and I am right there with you lovely Sisters in Christ, battling daily, but we have God. ❤ God bless you I am praying for us all.
Thank you so much for being bold and sharing all those verses and thoughts! Like you said, there are so many times when I do feel like David, ready to take on the enemy bc I have so much confidence that the battle is the Lord’s, I know I don’t even need the physical armour because God is going to win…. And then there are times I am like Peter….scared… or falling asleep on the garden. Being like Christ is who I want to be more like, and willingly submitting to the will of the Father, who knows what he’s doing, and WILL win the victory!
Thank you for sharing the scripture!! 💕
I completely feel this. My oldest is 18 and I'm down to my last months with her in our homeschool and I've been grieving it all year...longer really. Then my next is a Junior and right behind her. Then my third is entering high school in the fall. I've been telling people that it was physically harder when they were younger (I had 4 seven and under), but it is so much harder mentally and emotionally now. It is more difficult for me to make friends (we are military and move every few years). I used to be able to find friends for me that also had little kids and it was so easy. With teens, that just isn't the case. Then, I am pulled in all different directions and am really left with nothing left at the end of the day. I'm spent. I figured my daughter's senior year would be stressful, but I wasn't at all prepared for how it's gone. We moved back from being overseas for 6 1/2 years last summer, and I feel like I've just been a a few steps behind ever since. It's so hard because I'm trying to soak up these last days before our homeschool changes once again and a piece is missing...I want to find the joy in these days and not take a moment for granted..but man..I'm so tired. I'm just so thankful my oldest asked me to homeschool her so many years ago. I wouldn't trade a single second of it. It really has been the hardest, but also the most rewarding thing I've done. It's been such a blessing to be there for all of their moments.....the good and the bad. Praying day by day.
I feel for you!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I wish I could hug you! That would be so hard to move all the time and have to make new friends! But we sure do appreciate all the sacrifices you make as a military family, for the rest of us! I can imagine that your bond and desire to keep your kids closer might even mean something a little different than it does for the rest of us bc your immediate family really is the 1 constant “friendship” you’ve had!
Praying for you tonight, Mama!!! 💕
Don't believe you're holding us all up. We're like Clark Griswold - we're all in this together! I am in this phase. I also had to face I am premenapausal and it's time to get that treated and have some self-care.
I totally get this. I told my husband yesterday “ I know how important this is but I feel like I need a career change lol. Some days are like the movie Groundhog Day.
That’s very true! 😂
Thanks for sharing. I know how you feel. Those seasons can be so tough.
Omg 😢 just come across your channel tonight and your story has just touched my heart. This past year even Christmas was different feeling like the calm before the storm. I am like so many here are just worn out and I only have 2 kids one 13 and one 7 the age difference is a struggle and the non stop arguments. Decided to just stop take time our for me and give the rest to God. It is now time for us to surrender to our Lord Jesus. Sending my love and a big hug to you Rachel hang in there ❤
Thank you!! 😊 and hugs to you as well! I’m glad you’ve been encouraged by this! ❤️
A few times a week I stand out at our cities largest and busiest slaughterhouse aka abortion clinic. The spiritual warfare is in your face.
I am a beginner photographer and my first photoshoot was at a place that said their agenda was one thing but it was a complete mockery of god. I got up and left. Again the spiritual warfare is in your face. With you saying that if the enemy can take you out then he can get to your children, that makes so much sense to me. And I need to be reminded of that. Especially on these days, like yesterday, that I was just thinking how I hate all of this and that I need to just put them in school and all these other things. But then I say I'm not going to give my kids over to Baal. And in my frustration and my anger than I need to realize that if the enemy can take me out then he can get to my children.
Thank you for making this video because now we know how to specifically pray for you
Oh thank you so much!! And I am praying for all of you! There are so many in the comments who’ve been struck by this video! It’s been a blessing to feel so many say they’ve had similar thoughts!!
And yes, you’re in between your children and the enemy right now. He wants them. And our only defense is through Christ and what he arms us with!
I haven't been able to get to this video until now... This is me right now. I feel like I am here worrying about x, y, z with a Biblical worldview and others are off in Babylon not realizing the blind are leading them... there is so much going on, trying to pull me towards Despair. I need to be Mary and remember to do what is "needful..."
I've been thinking about my ability to surrender lately, too. I feel like these darts are testing me, training me. There is a sense of foreboding because the animosity in the world, nevermind just the US, with this next election.
I have so many thoughts, but I am cooking dinner... listening while I cook. I'll be back with more encouragement. I think some of my own Biblical thoughts will be edifying.
God bless you, Mama. I'll comment again soon!
❤️❤️❤️ I told somebody the other day that o was often too Martha and I needed more Mary too!!
Can’t wait to see what your other thoughts are! 😊
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Oh yes, just yesterday with my 2nd dtr, we were reading about Mary and Martha:
Luke 10
40 But Martha was *cumbered about much serving,* and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42 *But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.*
Emphasis mine.
These verses are so beautiful... but perhaps differing from Martha, I desperately don't want to be cumbered about and troubled about things. I want to be in my Bible, or listening to preaching, without being distracted as I so often must be, as at the same time, as wives and mothers, we have commands to fulfill our roles, to serve.
As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:29, 32, 35, in many ways we care about the world and how it affects our husband and children...
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;...
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:...
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
I think when husband and wife are of one mind, they would serve the Lord better... but Verse 16 of 1 Corinthians 7 burdens my heart, because I don't know... :(
There are so many worldly worries I have - about the car, or work, or finances - even our long term living situation has become shaky; health issues, namely my younger two and their teeth; homeschool... on and on.
I've still only read that first chapter of the book Envy, but I really want to get to it because so often lately, I am playing the comparison game... but almost every time I think of what some else has or does or is, I think to myself, but do they know God? And in so many cases, I think the answer is no, not a saving knowledge of Christ... it both fills me with joy that I found Christ, but I have felt so burdened by this lately. It has made me more bold sharing my testimony and talking about God to people.
Bringing it all home, because I do feel like I could talk forever, is my children's schooling. I think what is most needful for me is to teach my kids about God. So, if nothing else is accomplished (although almost always things are accomplished!) if my kids had time in God's Word and I can minister to their souls, it's a win!
I can't control their choices, but oh do I warn them about the world.
My oldest daughter is going to be 15 and my prayer has been: God if it is good in your sight for her to marry, bring a Christian man for her. I will be there encouraging, exhorting her to 'wait on the Lord.'
Oh, it does get harder as they get older... I think there is a naivete that all people have regarding their circumstances: Oh, for me it will be as such and such; or oh, for me things will be this or that way...
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? - Job 38:2
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
- Psalm 39
@@mrs.jaywojo5426 wow! Thats a lot to ponder! So many good thoughts there….
You’re absolutely right about when the husband and wife are both unified and serving the Lord together…..
It reminds me of something I heard awhile ago, that I shared in an early video I did about why you should attend a homeschool conference. In that video, I mentioned that Israel Wayne had just been on a podcast and he was saying how he’s been on the homeschool speaking circuit a long time. And he’s noticed a disturbing pattern. The women in many families seem to be more spiritual than the husbands. Or maybe the husbands are disengaged….leaving their women to pick up more of the spiritual load than they are built for. It makes so much sense.
I was the book “What he must be to marry my daughter” by Voddie Baucham and in it he essentially says that the husbands role in a marriage is to be prophet (present God to his family), priest (present his family to God - intercede for them), protector (protect from danger and also nourish- protect from weakening), and provider. All 4! Most men only see themselves as provider, MAYBE protector also. And of course being the spiritual leader (not just the head, but leading…..) is often neglected.
The woman’s role is to support her husband and nurture children and help take care of their home. But in all these things, she is a HeLPER. She’s not the leader. Even in homeschool, the husband should be the overseer. He may delegate to his wife but not totally relinquish his responsibility.
Voddie points this out also. And it makes sense why so many women may be weighed down if they are doing the role of both wife and part of the husbands role as well.
Anyway….you just prompted those thoughts as well.
(I like that Job reference….im gonna have to read that whole chapter) 😉
@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Yes, to all that you have said. There is such a deficit of God-fearing men.
2 Corinthians 1
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
Praise God!!
Exactly how im feeling right now...I feel like I have no idea how to teach my grandson who has learning problems...I don't want to let him down...I don't know how to make school fun...how to help him understand it....I don't know how to teach him😢..im only 2 years in...year 1 was exciting...that wore off fast...how can I make it interesting ..I don't know how long to stay on one thing before moving on... pressure because he's already behind...sigh..it's hard when it's all on you..God protect our children from this evil world...help us know how to guide them
❤️you’re amazing for taking on this task for your grandson! ❤️ He’s blessed to have you care so much about him!! 🙏
Feeling with you right now 😢 our oldest wrecked us last year, but I know that was Satan wanted so we had to give it to God, and push forward for our youngest too. Time and losts of prayer helped. Not fully healed but pushing forward fighting Satan by joining youth group to try and prevent other youth from straying.
Our relationship is building with our oldest and slowly his eyes are becoming more opened, really hoping this trial builds his own faith.
Oh I am feeling for you, too!!! I’ve seen this situation before and have seen God bring redemption! Just keep fighting for them!!! Hugs to you!! 💕❤️💕
Try unschooling. Listen to John Taylor Gatto and Dr. Duke Pesta vides. You got this!
I definitely know how u feel especially with teens I just started going through similar things u talking about with ur teen just pray leave them in Gods hands instill fear of God into them and listen to them even if it doesn’t fit the way u have raised them The Lord will keep them in Jesus name
Amen!! Just keep pointing them to Jesus! Thats my job! ❤️