08 March 2012

For all you moms who feel inadequate

Robert Jones wrote today about the feelings of guilt that moms often seem to feel. 

"The guilt you feel may be distorted guilt. We may wrongly place ourselves under a law we erect: 'Good mothers should do X, Y, or Z,' even though X, Y, or Z may go beyond what God’s Word  commands. I think of my friend—a good mom by any fair standard—who believed that all good moms should take their kids to the library three times a week. Sometimes those false standards come from outside of us—the ideals of your church or small group, your mother’s model, your mother-in-law’s advice, or the latest book or blog from your favorite Christian counselor." 

Read the whole thing here

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