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, welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Emily here with my sister

in law, Laura. And it's Valentine's Day when the show is coming out. So, yeah, we felt

like with Valentine's Day, we wanted to do a show that has to do with marriage and husbands,

because that's usually what's on our mind on Valentine's Day. That's right. And we get

asked a lot of questions about marriage. I mean, marriage in the little years is hard.

And so, these shows are fun to do, but, you know, no, that we're in the midst of all of

this with you guys trying to figure it out. So, I was reading a book on parenting the

other day, and there were so many wonderful ideas inside. They were very practical ideas

and some like heart issue ideas. But by the time I got to chapter three or four, I just

started feeling really anxious about how much I wasn't doing. And quite honestly, I started

thinking about how much my husband wasn't doing. And immediately I felt like, we need to

talk. We need to get on the same page. We need to get unified on this stuff. And we don't

have any time left to shape our children's character. The time is going by way too fast.

And it was just funny. That wasn't the author's intention at all. But I think it goes to

show just how intentional parenting can quickly start to feel very overwhelming. And we can

kind of look to our husbands and expect them to, I don't know, there can just be a lot

of thin issues that come up between those things. But the great thing is that God has called

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