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Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

516: Letting Go and Trusting God With Your Child

Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

Karen Stubbs

Christianity, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Kids & Family, Christian Parent, Religion & Spirituality, Faith, Motherhood

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week, we kick off our month of celebrating moms with a new series: “Mothers of the Bible.” Today we’re looking at the life of Jochebed, a woman who faced unimaginable fear and made an unthinkable choice to save her son. Through her story, Karen and Emily unpack what it looks like to do our best for our kids and trust God with the rest. If you’ve ever struggled to let go, this conversation will meet you right where you are. 

Episode Recap:

  • We’re kicking off a new series by looking at the lives of some mothers in the Bible (0:49)
  • Jochebed was Moses’ mom (2:00)
  • She did everything in her power to keep Moses alive (4:10)
  • God enabled Jochebed to nurse Moses after his adoption by Pharoah’s daughter (8:00)
  • Jochebed did everything she could and left the rest up to God (9:50)
  • Jochebed was not Moses’ savior (10:20)
  • Only God can reach our children’s hearts (10:55)
  • Let go of your need to be a perfect parent (11:35) 
  • Children are a blessing - try not to hoard the blessing (15:05)


Scripture: Psalm 56:3 (NIV) “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”

Discussion Questions: 

  1. Where in your parenting are you trying to “be the savior” instead of trusting God?
  2. What does it look like practically to “open your hands” and give your children back to God each day?
  3. How can you balance doing your part as a parent while still surrendering outcomes to the Lord?
  4. In what ways might striving for “perfect parenting” be keeping you from trusting God more deeply?


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, welcome to Wire Talk. I'm so excited for the month of May because we are going to be looking at four different mothers in the Bible.

0:07.9

And they all have different stories and they all have different, you know, situations.

0:12.2

But I love to look at their different choices and their parenting decisions and everything that they struggled with.

0:19.2

I think you guys are going to relate to a lot of

0:21.9

the stuff that went on in their life is also going on in our life. So let's take a look. And today,

0:26.9

we're going to be looking at Jocobed, Moses's mom. Let's get started.

0:34.3

Hey, everybody, and welcome to Wire Talk. Thank you so much for being here with us today.

0:38.6

It's going to be an exciting new series as we walk into May, which is also Mother's Day month. That's right. We should get the whole month, I think. This is our Christmas, is what I say. This is our Christmas. Yes, it is. Well, we've got an exciting new series. we're going to be looking at four different moms of the Bible, and some of them might be a little surprising for you, whether it's how you say their name or their story or just something you weren't expecting.

1:00.1

So it's going to be a really good series.

1:02.9

And we just finished up how to go into May and not the Mayhem.

1:08.2

So hopefully you're setting those expectations.

1:10.2

You're looked at those calendars.

1:11.5

You've already realized you've popped that bubble. You can do everything. You can't. That's what mom said to this group the other day. And she was like, let me just bust the, what did you say, burst this bubble. Burst the bubble. Burst the myth. Because the mom was asking, you know, how do I? How do I?

1:25.7

Well, she was asking, how do I make it fair?

1:28.2

I have three kids.

1:29.2

And how do I?

1:29.8

And I was like, let me asking, how do I make it fair? I have three

1:28.7

kids and how do I? And I was like, let me just pop that bubble for you. You can't. Yeah. So it'll all even out in the wash. Yeah. And just because you can't make it fair, it doesn't mean you're not a good mom. Well, amen, sister. You know, sometimes you just got to hear those things.

1:41.0

Yes, that's right.

1:42.1

But who are we going to be talking about today?

1:44.0

We're going to be talking about drummond, please, Jacobed. And did you know who she was before you got this outline? Okay. I'm going to be honest with you. I knew the story of her. That's right. I just didn't know her name. So all of y'all that are in the same boat is Emily. Hello. Jacobed is Moses's mom. Moses's mom. But I did know the story of like, you know, the background. You knew where else she had done. Yes, I did. I just didn't know her name. Sorry, Jacobed. Well, that's okay. Like Esther, Hannah, Sarah, Jacobed. Like, I mean. I mean, do you look at a newborn baby and you're like, wow, you look like Jacobed to me? Yeah. I mean, I personally don't. But you know what? You know what? That's okay because God had a special story for her and used her in a very mighty way. That's right. I love it. I love it. I love it. All right. So let's just dive in and let's figure

2:37.8

out where Jacob in the Bible, in the world, and all of that. So at this point in time,

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