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God Is Not Disappointed in You

Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader,

I've got a bonus pick-me-up for you today!

It's a short, 8-minute episode that speaks to the pervasive fear so many of us mothers have.

This fear feeds into our anxiety about our homeschools, our kids, and our parenting, and it convinces us that we're not doing a good enough job with any of it.

The underlying problem is that we believe that God is disappointed in us as mothers.

But God is not disappointed in you.

He is not surprised by anything you are facing in your life, your motherhood, your homeschool, your marriage... any of it.

On your absolute worst days, He's not surprised by how you acted or reacted.

He already knows the worst and hardest and most challenging things that you are facing right now, and He loves you and is calling you to Himself anyway.

I think it's worth remembering that He didn't actually think you would do a better job than you're doing. 😉 He's all-knowing! He's sovereign!

And He's not disappointed in you.

🎧 Head here to listen to the whole episode on RAR: God is Not Disappointed in You (or find it in your podcast app)

He is not disappointed in:

  • Your kids
  • Your homeschool
  • How you cook (or how often you cook)
  • How clean you keep the house or how much laundry you get done, or whether you even touched it at all
  • How often you read aloud, or pray with your kids, or how much homeschool you got done, or how many activities your kids are in, or whether your kids are still in their pajamas at 4:00 PM

None of this is a disappointment or a surprise to Him.

He loves you. He knew before you even started. And you are not a disappointment to Him.

xo, Sarah

P.S. If you want a podcast episode like this to start each week on the right foot, you want access to the CWS podcast. Find out more here.​

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