Traveling With Kids: The Adventure You Didn't Hope For | Ep. 124

Risen Motherhood

Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It's vacation time! We can see ourselves sleeping in, sipping hot coffee, and diving into a good book. But it's more likely someone will get sick, the traffic will be terrible, and the diaper bag will be left at the house. In this episode, Emily and Laura offer a "Mom Heart Check" to help find the root of difficulty in family trips. When we travel, it's not about being served but about serving others. We can prep our hearts before, during, and after a trip by rethinking our expectations and remembering the servant love of Christ.

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Consider your heart motivations when planning and prepping for a trip. How do you view vacations for your family? A chance to get away? The highlight of the year? A time for you to clock out?
No matter how well we plan, we'll be met with interruptions, surprises, and challenges when we travel. What difficulties have you experienced on trips? Were your responses honoring to God and your family? If not, what would have been a godly response in that situation?
When things are difficult we often blame everyone around us. While it may not be anyone's fault, our responses reveal our trust in things other than God. Do you believe God is in control of your trip? How does this truth stop blame-shifting and enable us to extend grace in all things?
After kids, "vacation" doesn't mean the same thing it once did. There are needs to meet for our families no matter where we are, so we need a right understanding of service. How does God serve you as you serve your family—even on vacation? Are you ever without his help or grace?
It helps to set your mind and heart on the right things before a trip begins. Consider the sin issues that pop up when you travel. Think of past examples of common challenges that may happen again. How can you respond kindly and graciously? How can you help your kids understand how to love God and others while traveling? How can you communicate the gospel to your family before, during, and after vacation?

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0:00.0	This episode of Risen Motherhood is funded by our generous donors.
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0:14.7	Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job, and the next we feel like the
0:20.0	worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel to be repeated
0:25.6	over and over giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether you're sipping cold
0:31.6	coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true encouragement and laughter here.
0:38.1	This is the Risen Motherhood podcast. Thanks for joining us.
0:46.7	Well hey guys, welcome to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Laura Whiffler and I have my
0:50.9	sister-in-law Emily Jensen here. Hello. And the first thing we wanted to talk with you guys about
0:55.3	is to let you know that we have a newsletter if you have not signed up for it yet, you definitely
1:00.8	should. It's edited and largely written by one of our team members, Autumn. She does a phenomenal
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1:14.1	that's really, really helpful every time I'm kind of learning from it too. And there's kind of
1:18.0	insider info about like just like our happy's that month. And I don't know, it's just a fun thing
1:23.8	that she does. It's actually really, really helpful as well. And something that it only comes once
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1:48.6	Okay, so today we are hopefully doing a lighthearted show for you this week. We hope
1:53.7	they were able to laugh about this. It may not be funny to you yet. But we also want to apply
2:00.2	the gospel to something that can cause like true grumbling and frustration even to the most
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