Welcome back to the last day of the first week of our Mom Set Free Challenge. After my last Mom Set Free post, I had received such a huge blessing 🥰. My oldest son, who lives with my parents, sent me a message saying that he never wants me to feel silenced and that even though my mom & I don’t align at all politically, he still wants to hear what I have to say and listen to my opinions. He told me that he is old enough to hear both sides and make his own informed decision.

That was SO healing and freeing for me! I’ve spent the last 12 years of his life that he has been in the custody of my mother worried that he has heard so much of only one side that his mind would be completely closed to accepting & still loving me if he knew where I stand. I was afraid that he would misunderstand me, based on the information he’s been told. Knowing myself & knowing who his father was while he was still earth-side, I should have given Kaden so much more credit in his ability to navigate this world with an open mind. I am SO proud of him and have so much respect for his maturity, willingness, openness, & curiosity to listen to both sides and forge his own values, rather than blindly following & accepting what he’s been told to believe. That shows me that he knows HOW to think, not WHAT to think, and in this world, knowing how to think and how to question absolutely all information laid out before you before accepting it is crucial.

What a great burden to have been lifted! I feel like I can finally breathe & be my fully authentic self. I can let go of these worries that have been not only weighing me down, but keeping me stuck in place. I can let go of another layer of my resentment I have carried towards my mom for pushing her beliefs on him so strongly, and let go of my fear that he is being conditioned to hate me. I can speak freely without worrying that I’ll be either banished from seeing my son, or rejected by my son for my beliefs. God is so good!

God is big enough and strong enough to bear the burdens and worries that are weighing you down. Will you join me now in casting it all on Him?

Absolutely ♡

Today, we’ll look at a few Scriptures that convey peace and repel worry. Look up one verse, or a few, and personalize them, making them into prayers to God for peace in the midst of worry and fear.

Psalm 5:3

God, please be my light first thing each morning as I wake, before anything else. Fill our home with wisdom and worship instead of stress and worry. Let our mornings be slow and centered in Christ. Keep us grounded in your spirit throughout our days. Keep us focused on your word and not the words of man. Thank you for all of the prayers that you have answered and for the beautiful life you have blessed us with. Please fill me with patience as I wait for the silent prayers between you & I to still be answered in your perfect timing.

Psalm 118:5-9

Lord, thank you for watching over me with protection, keeping me safe through every storm I have endured. Thank you for showing me the way out of darkness, releasing the chains that kept me bound in addiction and mental strain for many years. Thank you for showing me my own strength through my trials in life, giving me all of the armor & tools I need to make it through my toughest battles. Please continue to be my shield, footing, and guide as I lead my children, please watch over them as fiercely as you do me. With you, there is nothing we can’t endure.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Lord, please keep me focused on living according to your word & plan in all that I do. Continue to be the brightest light so that I am able to fix my eyes on you and away from worldly temptation. Thank you for each day that you have blessed me with, thank you for the love of life that you ingrained deep in my soul. Thank you for removing the urges & cravings of addiction that the enemy once had control over me, keeping my path straight and narrow. Please keep our paths free from people who don’t have our best interests at heart or who want to cause us harm. Please watch over my children as they are growing older and being met with their own temptations and tribulations. Keep their paths straight and hearts pure in this world of sin and confusion, let their strength be stronger than the enemy.

Isaiah 26:3-4

Lord, thank you for the steady peace that you have given me. Peace in knowing who I am and what I am here for. Peace from chaos and addiction. Peace in motherhood & healthy children. Peace, trust, and faithfulness in marriage & a strong husband and father to lead our family. Peace from being confined to pharmaceuticals. Peace in navigating the world, living without fear of the unknown. Peace to clearly see & calmly prepare for what’s to come. My life and my mind were a mess before submitting to you, but through submission, I have found true peace. Please continue to fill our home & our hearts with peace and light. Continue to keep us humble and know that because of you, we have enough & are always enough, and we could always have less. Please help me to be the peaceful mother & wife that my family deserves, in your name.

Philippians 4:6-7

Thank you for your words of wisdom and instructions for life that you have freely given to us. Thank you so much for loving me always, even though I am such an imperfect human. When there are troubles on my heart please be my lighthouse and remind me to look towards you. Continue to guard my heart and mind from these people and situations that bring uneasiness to me and my family. Do not let my heart become infected by the things others say & do. Let my faith and trust be in you and know that you are on my side and have never let me down as long as my focus is on you. I have made it through so many storms with you as my anchor and know there will be many more to weather in this lifetime. Remind me that I am not meant to carry the burdens of these storms alone and allow Jesus to rise me up and keep the enemy from having access to me and my family.

This was a really great exercise for me to write my prayers out and inspired me to begin to a physical daily prayer/gratitude journal to continue this practice in my life. I struggle a lot with communication and articulating my thoughts – I always have – but in writing, I am able to say the things my brain & mouth cannot connect to say. I am able to stay focused on one thought, one word at a time, instead of shuffling back and forth through the running lists, endless projects, timelines, & compartmentalized sections in my mind all at once or getting side-tracked. I am able to sort my feelings and organize my jumbled ball of thoughts. I am able to clear the clutter that no longer serves a purpose in my mind, freeing up space to focus on what really matters. I think that it will be very beneficial in all aspects of my life.

Thanks for following along on the Mom Set Free Bible Study and I will see you back for the first day of Week 2!

Until next time ♡ Mama Morozov