The Motherhood Newsletter Week 7

“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”

Prov 25:28

Hello sweet Mummas,

Welcome to another week. Let’s do this together. YOU are sooo not alone. Not alone in the tantrums, not alone in the hard moments, not alone in responding the way we wish we didn’t. You are ALSO not alone in having hope for greater, in having a Father who is enough AND being in a sisterhood of going after a completely different narrative than the world gives. Living from a place where we believe we can thrive and enjoy each day in motherhood ALONGSIDE hard moments. we see from heavens perspective!!!
Let’s do this mummas.
Let’s do it together!

Real Life in the motherhood journey:

A little glimpse from our week!

This week was fun (and had some stumbling shared below!). We have had bike riding and trampoline jumping at home, birthday celebrations, snuggly book reading, our first soccer game and a fun bonfire for dinner. Mixed in with lots of laughs, cries and running after the goodness of God in each area of our lives.

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Here are some OTHER podcasts that I like to listen to when folding laundry or putting my baby to sleep….

• Mommy Mindset

• Courageous Parenting

• M is for Mama

• Now that We’re a Family

• The great Birth Rebellion

Walking in His truth:

Today Im gonna a little share about self control and share a more personal touch then what is going to be shared in tomorrows podcast (however we can chat alot more about the topic in that episode so wahoo).Welcome to my lounge room, grab your cup of tea as always and I will share about the rawness of my week - about self control! I had a great realisation in myself AND then my husband brought to me (in a very loving way) that this is an area I am letting slip. Particularly with my words. And where do words come from? Your heart. How I am stewarding my heart is all about what thoughts Im letting cultivate in my brain. And this last week I was allowing frustrations to over take me to bring me to a place of grumbling and ‘outward’ overwhelm when truely it was just my flesh laying itself out on the couch haha. I was having a hard time with one of my kiddos and openly was showing frustration. I realised as a side thought to this - When I am showing disrespectful behaviours towards their bad actions (like openly grumbling) than how can i expect them to not do those things themsleves and I expect respect. This is not okay…..

SO what did my good Father show me in His pruning actions.
This 3 verses blessed my heart from Prov 25:

vs 28: Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

v 15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

v11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

These simply came from the one passage I was reading that day. There are sooooo many verses more about your words and the power of them. We are all aware of how many and how powerful!! haha.

I realised there is a different between self effort and selfcontrol in order to achieving my words being life and nourishment to those around me rather than be tearing them down.( I share more about this on the podcast) This is SO important to me and I have spoken about it many times. This week when I was function in this I wasn’t aligning with the woman of Christ I have chosen to be. thats okay when repentance is the instant result. We stop, we change and through His grace we course correct.

This is my small encouragement to you, from being in the trenches of this and falling all over the place a little bit. Let’s be reminded, let’s bond together to make sure we are speaking the way we would want our kids to speak. We are functioning with respect no matter how our kiddos show up and we truely be the leaders, role models and examples of goodness and grace we desire to be. God’s strength is enough for us!

Love always
Ellie from - The Motherhood Journey x

p.s Im always here for a chat! My heart is to go deeper with you mummas in these emails. So if anything stands out to you or you wana chat more, shoot me back a reply! I love journeying alongside you.