136: Perfectionism, Being Enough, Doing it All - And What the Gospel has to Say! (Lies Moms Believe Series Episode #3) with Rebekah Hargraves
On today's solo podcast episode, I am continuing the podcast series based on my book, Lies Moms Believe (And How the Gospel Refutes Them) with a chat all about perfectionism, being enough, doing it all - and what the Gospel has to say about all that! What I Chat about in Today's Episode: ~The next 3 lies covered in my book: 8. I have to be a perfect mom. 9. I have to do it all. 10. I am enough. ~How perfectionism as a goal flies in the face of the gospel ~The reality that the Lord never called us to be perfect moms, but instead called us to point our children to a perfect Savior; how this is done so well and so clearly in our worst of moments ~How our goal of being perfect distorts our children's understanding of the gospel ~The family line of Christ and what it reveals about the Lord working through imperfect people ~The reminder that Christ is still in the redemption business ~Why believing that we have to "do it all" is leading to our having a Savior complex and putting ourselves in the place of God - the only One who is truly omnipotent and omnipresent ~The enemy's clever ploy to get us to misplace our priorities ~The Proverbs 31 woman and the reality that even she didn't "do it all" ~Jesus and His example of not "doing it all" ~The story of Mary and Martha and what their example has to say to busy mamas ~Why I will never tell a fellow mom that she "is enough" ~How "I am enough" deprives us as moms of what can be our true source of supernatural strength ~The reality that "I am enough" is a mantra that flies in the face of the gospel ~The way that Christians believing that they are "enough" ends up telling the watching world that we have nothing special to offer ~Why our realizing that we are not enough on our own can actually be one of the most helpful and thoroughly encouraging things for us to remember ~Christ's strength being made perfect in our weakness ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast