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Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job, and the next we feel like

the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel to be

repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether you're

sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true encouragement and

laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood podcast. Thanks for joining us.

Well hello and welcome to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Laura Whiffler and I have

my sister-in-law Emily here with me. Hello. Okay, so today we are talking about the vulnerable mom,

and I think Emily and I come into the show with a decent amount of trepidation and also just wanting

to be careful and gentle and just treat this as carefully as we can because we know that both of us

have a lot of support even in our most week moments. We have a lot of family and friends and church

around us. We have financial resources, flexibility in our schedules. We have educational opportunities

and husbands that are really, really supportive. And so Emily and I both know that it's very easy

to take those things for granted and forget what a privilege those things are and how God has

provided for us. And I think something that we've just noticed that as Risen Motherhood has grown

and we've had more and more moms interacting with our content and we've just seen a lot of different

sides to Motherhood. And God's been really gracious to just make our hearts tender towards moms that

have different lives in us, have different upbringing that are struggling and invulnerable places.

And so we want to talk about this this year with the Unity and the Gospel theme because we know

that God cares for the outcast, for the oppressed, for the struggling. And He also desires for His people

to love and see those people too and to give them dignity, to give them grace, compassion, and help.

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