Ep. 105: Jesus Over Pity Parties (A Chat with Laura Wifler)

M Is for Mama Podcast

Abbie Halberstadt

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, my friend and fellow mom + author, Laura Wifler, and I dig into a plethora of motherhood topics from a biblical perspective—listening to the Lord for direction in our callings, grief in unmet expectations, struggles which are hard but not bad, and even those which are hard and bad.

Through it all, a central theme emerges: We are not victims of our circumstances, and Christ did not rise from the dead for us to wallow in our troubles—real and heavy though they are.

Or, to put it more succinctly: Jesus > pity parties.

Make no mistake, though, Laura knows whereof she speaks as she has walked a challenging road as a mom to a child with significant disabilities due to a rare condition. And yet, her hope is in the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth—and yours can be too, my friend.

After all, as Corrie ten Boom put it, “There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still.”

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Guest Info:

Laura Wifler

Instagram - laurawifler

Site - laurawifler.com

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Bible References:

Matthew 22:36-40

Hebrews 12:2

Psalm 23

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

Matthew 5:10-12

Nehemiah 8:10

Psalm 34:8

Matthew 10:29-31

Psalm 27:13

1 Peter 2:23

Philippians 2:6-12

Luke 11:2-4

James 2:14-26

Hebrews 4:15

Isaiah 53:3

Matthew 28:20

1 Peter 5:7

Jeremiah 17:9

Romans 8:37

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the MS for Mama podcast. I'm your host, Abby Halberstadt,
0:10.0	happy wife, Mama to 10, Bible Believing Christian. And I am so excited for you to listen to this
0:17.6	podcast with my guest, Laura Wiffler, today, because we dive into so many things
0:23.6	that moms are struggling with, that moms have questions about. It's very deep,
0:29.1	theologically rich conversation, and I think you guys are going to enjoy it so much. Before we jump
0:33.9	into that, I want to highlight our podcast sponsor, Voteberg Music Academy, which is such a fun, song-based way for your kids to jump into music learning.
0:42.2	You can share lessons between siblings and you can use the code MS for Mama 20 for 20% off each month that you're enrolled.
0:49.4	Lessons in guitar, mandolin, ukulele, fiddle, and piano.
0:54.3	VMA is such a cost-effective way to learn music in a song-based way
0:59.3	that gets your kiddos excited to practice and to engage.
1:03.1	They also mail badges and even cash prizes to your door if you participate in their
1:07.7	six songs of summer challenge, so I encourage you to do that.
1:10.3	Don't forget to use the code, Emmis for Mama 20 at Voteberg Music Academy.com.
1:15.4	Okay, friends, I have a treat for you today.
1:18.3	My friend Laura Wiffler, you might know her from Risen Motherhood,
1:23.2	or from some of her other books, or maybe you've heard her speak,
1:26.3	or follow her on social media and have gotten to see some of her other books, or maybe you've heard her speak, or follow her on social media
1:29.4	and have gotten to see some of her poems. I love your poetry. But she's here today to chat with us
1:36.2	about probably just life. We're just going to chat it up. Thanks for being here today, Laura.
1:42.4	Oh, thanks for having me. I'm excited to talk about it all.
1:45.1	Yeah.
1:46.0	So you and I have been online friends for several years.
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