Great Moms Are Weak Moms Who Rest in the Power of Christ

God’s Strength for You

As a mom, one verse that has become really precious to me is 2 Corinthians 12:9. In this verse Jesus is telling Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, and my power is made perfect in weakness.”

I don’t know if anything has helped me see my weakness as much as motherhood has. In this verse I have two encouragements. First, what Jesus says: “my grace is sufficient for you.” God’s grace in Christ truly is enough. We might feel like we need another cup of coffee, that we need an extended vacation, or even just a day at the spa. And honestly, some of those things can be blessings and good gifts from the Lord, but deep down inside, what we really need more than anything else is more of God. We need to know him better, and we need for knowing him and who he really is to impact our hearts and our homes in those deep places.

Every Hour I Need You

Katie Faris

Through personal stories and biblical reflections, Katie Faris walks with women, helping them contemplate God’s unchanging character and see how his purposes are at work, even in the everyday moments of motherhood.

Second, God’s power is made perfect in weakness. What an amazing reality. God’s power is not made perfect in my strength. It’s not on my good days necessarily that God’s power is being perfected. But when I am the most weak, then it’s just the clearest that God is the one who is empowering and enabling me for the good work of motherhood. And then he gets the glory and honor for it.

How is God’s power being made perfect on those days? His power is being made perfect as he helps me understand the height, the depth, the width, and the length of his love for me when I need to know that he loves me in my weakness. What kind of power is this? It’s power to comprehend God’s love, and it’s power to live for Christ, even on our hardest mom days.

As moms we embrace this truth of God’s power being perfected in our weakness by calling out to him in our need and asking him to help us, saying, "We need you, Lord. We need you to be who only you are and to do what only you can do in us and also in our families." And instead of striving on our own, we ask the Lord to work through his power in us for his glory.

Katie Faris is the author of Every Hour I Need You: 30 Meditations for Moms on the Character of God.

Katie Faris (BA, Grove City College) is the author of God Is Still Good; He Will Be Enough; and Loving My Children. She is also a contributing writer to several blogs including the Gospel Coalition and the Focused Pastor. A pastor’s wife and mother to five, Katie lives with her family in New Jersey. To learn more, visit katiefaris.com.

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