Stress Of A Stay At Home Mom

I want to start off today's post with saying a big Thank You to my followers and all the people who have viewed my blog. I can't believe it has been almost 1 year since I started this new venture. With that being said off to today's topic..

Being a stay at home mother of 2, who I now home school, has added a lot of stress and room for the enemy to creep in (Now those who follow me on a regular know I am a Christ follower. No religion here and those of you who have other faiths, I still Love you and do not feel that I think any less of  YOU). This last year I had scary symptoms of fatigue, weakness, rashes, swelling of hands, feet and eyes just to name a few, that were worse this last month, and with a test coming back postive for what could have been lupus. Praise God it wasn't and so far all tests results came back great, but during that time I was really stressed. I then was feeling down on myself for being stressed, because you know us typical Christians can't be stressed (that being what most people think of us). I wanted to write this post. Not only to Christians but to stay at home moms and single moms too.

Society puts mothers way last on the success totum pole. Why? We have the most important job every. Not only do we carry and make the child in our womb, but we nurture and help raise this child. When you stay home you now are a: mother, teacher, guidance counselor, shoufer, house manager, cook, house keeper, entertainer, activist, bouncer, spiritual teacher, etc. That's a lot on your plate right? As a mother I tend to think I have to do it all, because my husband is out working hard to support us. I start to think I'm going crazy because all I see and talk to all day are my kids (except during our weekly play dates). I start to think I'm a horrible person because I get tired of taking my kids to Taekwondo. I start to think no one values me because I don't have a job. I start to think I'm a horrible wife because I forget to pack my husbands lunch. All these thoughts coming in.The enemy likes to use our weakness to put these negative thoughts in our heads. It's ok to feel overwhelmed ladies we are human. It's not ok to let it consume us. Once you do that's when you start to physically manifest the stress and I know that's what was happening with me. So whats my strength in those times ? Christ and my family!! I pray and ask others to pray. I know prayers are what made the tests come back all great! I have faith Christ hears the prayers of those who believe and some times we must face tough times to test that faith. Be inspired ladies to know it's ok to have weak moments, defeated moments, stressed moments we were not meant to be perfect. Just do your best and Christ will do the rest.
Plus it's ok to ask hubby, kids and friends for help you do not have to do everything on your own.

Hope you enjoyed this post.

Stay strong and God bless,

Lea

Here are some inspirational quotes I found on Pinterest. These are not my own images.