Breaking the cycle: Becoming an excellent {not perfect} mother {Day 4}

I’m so glad you are back for another day in our 31 day series on becoming an excellent mother!

So how do you feel today?  Are you beginning to feel like a good mom?

I want to speak a little more on the idea of believing that you are a good mom, which really is a huge step towards becoming an excellent mom.

There is a constant battle that takes place in the mind for control over what we believe.  Truth or lies. In order to get good at believing truth we have to learn to take our thoughts captive.  We need to know what God’s Word says about us and submit any lies that we hear to the truth.

I really struggled with this in my mothering {and still do sometimes before I catch myself}.   I would hear the thoughts in my head that I was failing, that I was overwhelmed, and I bought into them. I would believe them, agree with them and begin to confess them out of my own mouth.

Lies only have power when we believe they are true.  Once the lie is revealed it is powerless over us. 

One day my eyes were opened and I heard myself agreeing with and repeating lies.  I stopped cold in my tracks and immediately saw how deeply I had fallen into a trap of the enemy.  I had been on a cycle of hearing a lie, believing that lie, it becoming activated in my life and then becoming my reality.

Now when I hear the lies come at me in my thoughts {perhaps that I am not a good mom} I quickly identify the lie, hold it up to the truth in God’s Word, and then choose to believe truth, which is then activated in my life.

I want to challenge you today to ask God to show you if there are any areas that you have believed a lie about yourself or your mothering.  If there is an area that He shows you simply repent and ask Him to show you the truth.  Dig deep into His Word to arm yourself against lies that will try to invade your mind in the future.

I’m loving this journey with you.  God is stirring things in my heart in regards to my mothering.  How about you?  I love to hear what God is showing you and teaching you too!

Love you much and see you tomorrow!