Mothering From The Heart - August 7, 2013
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My husband is a believer but is struggling still as his past sins creep up on him and he is always so stressed, upset and moody. As if their is still that wall between him and God. I know I need to be his cheerleader and love him and always pray for him. but its hard! I do pray for him and pray that he may find peace with God but I'm not that happy wife who's put all her trust in Jesus, though I pray for it but am still always worried that he might be falling into his temptations and giving in to sin. And that hinders my joy and I'm just lost.
How can I have peace when he's not at peace and is always finding something wrong with me and how I'm not on top of my wife/mom duties?! I want to but my children are 3 and 2 and I find it very hard to always be that one he wants me to be. I long to be closer to God and be on fire for him but I don't know how moms can do it?! Please share some advice and correction if needed.
My grown daughter has a two-month-old baby and I’ve observed that when we are together she is always giving the baby to her husband to change, feed, and put to bed. Now I know that fathers are a lot more involved with their babies today than they were when I was having my children but it how involved should they be? It just seems right to me that the mother should be the one changing and feeding an infant. Any thoughts?
I know you gave tips on the practical side of mothering at Woman's Life. I have a practical question: What is your opinion about breast-feeding in public?
Now that our third child (10 months old) is getting older and needing more focused attention from me, I am having a hard time figuring out how to balance time with him and time with my older two. As long as the baby is napping, I can get great time with my other children, but when he is awake, I feel like I should be spending more time playing with him, reading to him, etc. Some times the older children like to play with the baby, too, which makes it easy. But how do you figure out the times when the older children need "big kid" playtime with mommy or just a focused, listening ear from mommy (which seems to be all day, every day, lately with my other two!)
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