142: Bad Days, Sin Struggles, Messy Houses...and the Gospel! (Lies Moms Believe Series #6) with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 20)
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 bad days, sin struggles, messy houses...and the gospel! I hope you walk away from today's conversation feeling encouraged. What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~The next 3 lies covered in my book: 15. Motherhood has to be Hard (And Hard is Bad!) 16. I have to "Keep my Act Together" 17. I can't have a Clean House While Raising Children ~A robustly, thoroughly, Biblical and gospel-focused understanding of "hard"; how God uses the hard moments for our good ~Reframing our view of "hard" times in light of the good God can bring from them ~Gaining a decisive victory over the lies Satan uses to discourage us and bring us down ~The reality that motherhood is hard....but it's also good ~Why Satan tries to make us think we "have to keep our act together"; the pitfalls this leads to in the areas of friendship and community ~How "keeping our act together" leads to a weakening of our witness and a stunting of our growth ~How comparison, perfectionism, and a lack of vulnerability lead us to think we have to "keep our act together" ~How the gospel pertains to cleaning your house ~Having a balanced perspective of homemaking, understanding that we are called to steward our homes well, while also understanding that our homes will look lived in....and that's ok ~And more! For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast