Momma Needs Her Sleep: Gospel Hope for the Tired Mom | Ep. 88
Risen Motherhood
Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
As moms, we spend a lot of time thinking about sleep, like, "Will I get to have it?" and "I can't sleep – I have too much to do!" From tiny baby bellies to late-night toddler questions, we sacrifice our sleep out of love and service to Christ through caring for our families. In this episode, Laura and Emily discuss how the gospel gives hope to the weary, sleepy mom (most of us, right?). In light of God's promises to us, we no longer worship sleep as an idol or ignore our need for rest. Instead, Christ has freed us from either extreme, offering us true rest and hope in himself. We may be tired, but we can trust him with our needs.
RM APPLY QUESTIONS VIEW TRANSCRIPTArticles, Resources and Related Content:
- Momma, Jesus Invites You to Come and Rest - Liz Wann, RM Blog
- The Sovereign Hand of Sleeplessness - Kristin Tabb, Desiring God
- 3 Truths for the Tired Mom - Elisha Galotti, Revive Our Hearts
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Mary C. Wiley, Everyday Theology
- Self-Care in the Busyness of Motherhood | Ep. 86 - RM Podcast
- "It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep." -Psalm 127:2
- "Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep." -Psalm 121:4
- "Humble yourselves, therefore,under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you." -I Peter 5:6-7
- "God gave us sleep to remind us we are not him." –Charles Spurgeon
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel |
| 0:09.8 | like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel |
| 0:14.9 | to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether |
| 0:20.9 | you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true, |
| 0:25.9 | encouragement and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:36.3 | Well, hello and welcome to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Laura and I have my sister-in-law |
| 0:41.2 | Emily here with me today. And we're excited because we're talking about a pretty big hot mom topic. |
| 0:48.2 | We're talking about sleep and our lack of it or our need for it or maybe you are one of the |
| 0:54.5 | lucky few that is feeling like your sleep tank is full right now. But before we get to that, |
| 0:59.2 | we wanted to just mention to you guys, maybe you know, maybe you don't know, but you can subscribe via |
| 1:05.6 | email to our shows and our blog posts and all of the content that Risen Mother puts out through an |
| 1:12.1 | email subscription that we have on our website. So we'll post a link for it in the show notes or |
| 1:16.9 | you can head to our homepage, scroll to the very bottom. There's a little for me fill out. And then |
| 1:21.0 | you will never miss a show. You'll never miss a blog post. And we also have a very fun new |
| 1:26.4 | newsletter. It's kind of a new endeavor for Risen Motherhood that we're taking on this year that |
| 1:30.7 | you can also get access to if you subscribe there. Yes. So we are really excited about that. So talking |
| 1:36.9 | about sleep, Laura. I am tired as we're recording this. Me too. Emily and I always pray before |
| 1:44.7 | the show and like during the prayer, I was like rubbing my eyes like super deep. You know how good |
| 1:49.8 | that feels. It just starts like a downward spiral though of like being more tired. But I think |
| 1:56.5 | most of us by the time you have a child in your arms, you've already had a taste of what it feels |
| 2:02.7 | like to sacrifice, you know, some of your comforts, your desires for the sake of someone else, |
| 2:09.2 | whether that's through a journey of adoption or because you carry to pregnancy, but it kind of goes |
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