Leaning into Grace: An Interview on Faithful Motherhood with Debbie Martens | Ep. 116

Risen Motherhood

Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Moms have a lot of work to do and the exhaustion of our responsibilities in the home, the church, and the community, often leave us wanting to lean into despair and defeat... But God uses the work before us to show us his sufficiency and unending love in our weakness so we can lean into grace. In this episode, Emily and Laura interview Debbie Martens about God's faithfulness and grace in motherhood. Debbie is a wife, mom of seven, and grandmother of six who is actively involved in her local church and community. We're called to be faithful to God in the work before us, but even when we fail, God is faithful to teach and sustain us in every season of motherhood.

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0:00.0	This episode of Risen Motherhood is funded by our generous donors.
0:03.9	If you like this podcast, please consider joining them at
0:06.6	risenmotherhood.com forward slash give.
0:13.0	Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job.
0:17.0	And the next, we feel like the worst mom on the planet,
0:20.4	which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel to be repeated over and over,
0:25.1	giving us hope in the everyday moments.
0:28.1	So mama, whether you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes,
0:32.2	we hope you'll find true encouragement and laughter here.
0:36.4	This is the risenmotherhood podcast. Thanks for joining us.
0:45.3	Today we're excited to welcome Debbie Martin's to the risenmotherhood podcast.
0:49.2	Debbie is a woman who has invested deeply in both Emily and I at different points in our lives,
0:53.9	pointing us to Christ and challenging us in our walks with God.
0:57.3	Debbie's interview is part of our series on faithful motherhood, where we're talking with
1:00.8	women whose children are grown and how the gospel has impacted their motherhood over the years.
1:05.1	These are not meant to be prescriptive interviews for how to do motherhood just to glimpse at one
1:09.2	woman's unique walk and less ens learned as she lived out her calling in the Lord.
1:13.2	Today, we're talking with Debbie about the value of bringing her children alongside her and her work,
1:17.5	what it looks like to maintain a commitment to God's word in the little years.
1:20.8	And she opens up about struggling through a season of anger while raising her young children.
1:25.0	Debbie is a wife and a mom to seven grown children and a grandmother to five.
1:28.9	She leads her local church's children's ministry, maintains a small acreage and central Iowa,
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