The Day I Wanted to Quit

Good word from my sweet wife!

The voice inside my head said, “You’re not good enough.”

And I knew it.

I was a mom of four, my youngest still in diapers, and I was overwhelmed.

Thankfully, I had a loving husband and friends who recognized that I needed help.

My husband is a pastor, so we’re supposed to have it all together, right?

Yeah, right.

Being a full-time SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom) means that sometimes your only free time is after the kids are in bed–if they stay there.

This was supposed to be the fulfillment of a life-long dream: A loving husband and a house full of children.

So what was the problem?  Me.  My insecurities, My self-sufficiency. My doubt.

The struggle was real.  And I was drowning in my thoughts.  “You will never measure up.”  “You’re failing as a wife.  As a mother.”  “No matter how hard you try, you will never be able to…

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