The Burden of Parenting

What do you do momma when you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and worn out as a parent?  When you feel like there’s just not enough energy and resources to go around and you don’t feel like you have any more to give? You turned to that friend, family member, or seasoned mother you’ve seen live through the stages that you’re in right now and share how you’re feeling right now, and the response is, “maybe you shouldn’t have had so many,” or “have you thought about stopping having kids?”

In this episode, we discuss the biblical framework of "bearing one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2) and how God has designed the family to function in serving one another in love, with the father of the house setting the example, and the community of believers is called to uphold the struggling members of the body of Christ in serving and loving weary families.

Scripture Passages to Explore

Philippians 2

Ephesians 5:21-33

John 13:12-17

Matthew 11:25-30

Galatians 6:1-4

Mark 10:43-45

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:

Kingdom Family: Re-Envisioning God’s Plan for Marriage and Family - Book by Trevecca Okholm

He Giveth More Grace - Hymn by Annie Johnson Flint

Designed to Birth - ECourse by Lydia Braun

Full Quiver Parenting - Episode 6: At the Limit