Sometimes in the day to day of “being” a mom and “doing” what a mom does it gets really hard to see the difference you are making. Every day it seems like nothing changes. Then you look back to a year ago and realize a whole lot has changed. Your life was changing every day, little by little, but because you were right there in the middle of it you didn’t really notice all the change happening. In those day to day moments, things can feel repetitive, and they can be a bit exhausting. But we are moms. We can handle it. So we keep on pushing through doing what a mom does because that is what we are.

But what if we realized being a mom was much, much, more? What if we realized that motherhood is a calling? It is more than just a title. It is more than what a woman becomes when she has a child. Motherhood is a divine, God given calling. And just like any other calling on our life, this calling gives us purpose as a mother. This calling goes beyond the “being” and the “doing” and throws out that incredibly empowering word; purpose.

There is something about knowing that there is purpose in being a mother that makes me even more passionate about mothering. If we saw the purpose in our mothering, if we saw that it had purpose, how could we mother differently? What would change in our attitudes? I know for some that word may completely empower you. It is so common that mother’s feel like there is no purpose in what they are doing day to day, but let me encourage you that there is. Just like how you don’t see the little changes that happen as each day passes, it isn’t always easy to see the purpose that being a mother holds. But when you look back over the course of the year you see the difference that you are making in that little life. That right there mama, that is purpose. For others, that word may cripple you. That is a big word and instead of feeling empowered you feel like you just had someone dump a ton of bricks on you and now you are carrying that weight. Oh thank God for the help of the One who called us! The God who called us to walk out our mothering with purpose is the same God that gives us the strength to do so.

Today I want to encourage you that you are called to do this. You are called to be a mother. There is purpose in your mothering. Be empowered by the God who strengthens you to fulfill that purpose in your life. There is purpose in the day to day no matter if you are seeing it or not. You are making a difference in this world, one energetic teenager, one sticky handed toddler, one laughing baby, one crying newborn at a time.