Ep. 36: “How Do You Do It All?” (I Don’t, and I’m So Grateful for Help)
M Is for Mama Podcast
Abbie Halberstadt
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
If you’ve ever wondered how someone else “does it all,” I’ve got a spoiler alert for you: They don’t. No one does (definitely me included).
Plus, I truly believe there’s a better question we could be asking (that I share in this episode). And I chat about the Lord’s provision for help that has enabled me to do more in this season (without feeling like such a Lone Ranger) than I have in the past.
Yes, there are some people that have more on their plate than others, and there are some seasons that allow for less/more capacity. But as long as we are more concerned with the Lord’s will and His perfect timing than with any desire to replicate someone else’s “system,” we can be truly content in the “good works that He has prepared in advance for us.”
Be encouraged that, as you seek the Lord, He has you right where you need to be, doing exactly the right tasks you should be doing.
Bible References:
Colossians 3:23
Philippians 4:12-13
Romans 12:15
2 Corinthians 2:19
Psalm 28:7
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the MS-Mama Podcast. I'm your host Abby Halverstat, happy wife, |
| 0:10.3 | Mama to 10 Bible Believing Christian. |
| 0:13.0 | And on today's show, I want to chat about one of the most common FAQs |
| 0:18.0 | that I have gotten ever since I got on the internet 12 years ago. |
| 0:22.0 | And no it's not, why do you have so many kids, |
| 0:25.0 | or do you know what causes that, or are you having any more, |
| 0:28.0 | which probably are my top three. |
| 0:30.0 | But it's almost as common, and it is this question. |
| 0:35.0 | How do you do it all? |
| 0:37.0 | Well, goodness, that is such a loaded question, right? |
| 0:42.0 | If you've ever been asked it by a friend or an acquaintance or |
| 0:44.8 | someone at church, you know that your brain immediately grinds to a halt as you think, okay, but |
| 0:50.1 | what's the definition of it all and how do I do what exactly is the it all they think |
| 0:56.6 | I'm doing and I don't know I mean what where how your brain just kind of shuts down because it's such an all-encompassing kind of explain your life to me kind of question and I know what it means and sometimes I think it's coming from a place of |
| 1:16.0 | passive aggression and sometimes it's coming from a place of looking for faults but a lot of times |
| 1:22.1 | it's just coming from a place of someone who is feeling |
| 1:26.4 | overwhelmed or who feels like their systems are not working for them and they're looking |
| 1:32.1 | at your highlight reel on Facebook and again this |
| 1:34.6 | doesn't just happen to bladders this doesn't just happen to authors or |
| 1:37.6 | Instagramers this happens to people that we see going through the grocery store seemingly with perfectly well-behaved children because hey |
| 1:46.4 | Maybe they have great systems and maybe they're working for them that day and I'm not saying that systems don't work but |
| 1:51.8 | Maybe that was just the perfect time for |
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