1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We're glad to 2 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: have you listening. Today's topic is about weariness in motherhood. 3 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: We'll return with the devotional after a brief message from 4 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: one of our sponsors. Encouragement for the Weary Mom, written 5 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: and read by Emily Rose Massey. And He Jesus sat 6 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: down and called the twelve disciples, and he said to them, 7 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: if anyone desires to be first, he must be last 8 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: of all and servant of all. And he took a 9 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: little child and put him in the center of their group, 10 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 11 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: whoever in my name and for my sake, accepts and 12 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: receives and welcomes one, such child, also accepts and receives 13 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: and welcomes me. And whoever so receives me, not only me, 14 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: but him who sent me Mark nine, Verses thirty five 15 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: through thirty seven. As a mom of four boys, my 16 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: quiet time is not really quiet. It's full of tiny 17 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: distractions and interruptions from these little ones. Nap times are 18 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: quite short, and the to do lists are quite long. 19 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: My days seem to go by in the blink of 20 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: an eye, and I'm often left exhausted only getting the 21 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: chance to pray help me Lord in between homeschooling, my 22 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: writing deadline's continuous stack requests, laundry loads and diaper loads. 23 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: Knowing very well that this season in life won't law 24 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: yes forever, I have learned to cast my cares upon 25 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: the Lord and soak up the few moments that I 26 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: can in the Word of God, because it is what 27 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: I need to readjust my focus. When I'm tempted to complain. 28 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: I know that His grace is sufficient, but is easy 29 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: for my heart to become overwhelmed. The other day, a 30 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: passage in Mark chapter nine met this mama right among 31 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: the blissful chaos with encouragement. And he, Jesus sat down 32 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: and called the twelve disciples, and he said to them, 33 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: if anyone desires to be first, he must be last 34 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: of all and servant of all. And he took a 35 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: little child and put him in the center of their group, 36 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: whoever in my name and for my sake, accepts and 38 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: receives and welcomes one such child, also accepts and receives 39 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: and welcomes me. And whoever so receives me receives not 40 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: only me, but Him who sent me Verses thirty five 41 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: through thirty seven, intersecting faith in life by putting my 42 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: sons in my role as a mom and wife above 43 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: my desires and my life goals. I've been serving Jesus 44 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: this whole time, And if serving Jesus worshiping Jesus, and 45 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: if that wasn't uplifting enough, Jesus calls out our service 46 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: to children, specifically in Verses thirty six through thirty seven. 47 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: When we welcome our children into our lives and make 48 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: them feel love and accepted every day, we are also 49 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: welcoming them in the name of the Lord Jesus every day. 50 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: Jesus compares being the servant of all a high position 51 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of God. To those who welcome children 52 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: into their lives, what an honor. So to all my 53 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: tired and overwhelmed momas out there, take heart. Every time 54 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: you embrace your child and serve your family, you are 55 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: embracing Jesus and even more so, your heavenly Father, who 56 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: is not going to leave you to raise your children alone. 57 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: Let us welcome him into our blissful chaos as we 58 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: raise up our children to trust in Him and receive 59 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: his love into their lives so that they may point 60 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: others to Him in his kingdom. Instead of becoming overwhelmed 61 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: and stressed out, let us look for opportunities to praise 62 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: God and give thanks that He would give us the 63 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: privilege of embracing little ones every day. May we have 64 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: eyes to see opportunities to share the Gospel with our 65 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: children in everyday moments. God's grace is available to us 66 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: to give us the strength when we are feeling overwhelmed 67 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: and weary. Let us be fervent and laying our lives 68 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: down for the Lord in all that we say and 69 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: in everything we do, laundry loads and all. Further reading 70 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: Matthew chapter eighteen, verses one through four, Philippians Chapter two, 71 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: verses three through s seven. 72 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to today's devotional. If you liked what 73 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 2: you heard today, we want to make sure you know 74 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: about our sister podcast, your Daily Prayer. When you follow 75 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: your daily prayer in your favorite podcast app, you'll get 76 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: a brand new prayer and devotional each day. So your 77 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 2: days begin in conversation with God. 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