Author and Bible teacher Beth Moore shared encouragement and a prayer for mothers in a video message Wednesday, May 7. Reflecting on entries from her prayer journals throughout the years, Moore observed that, over time, many of her prayers have remained the same, and some of the prayers she prayed for her children she now prays for her grandchildren.
“Motherhood is relentless,” said Moore, sharing that is a truth she often tells her oldest daughter, “who is truly in the throes of it…It just keeps coming whether you’re ready for the next day or not.”
“There’s simply no way to get it all right. There’s just no such thing as perfect parenting,” Moore said. “God bless you, mom, whether you have a house full of little kids or an empty nest, whether your kids are grown or you have a child in heaven, whether you’re close to your kids or you’re far apart—mothering is a lot.”
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In addition to being a prolific author and highly sought-after speaker, Moore is the founder of Living Proof Ministries. “Something happened yesterday as I was in my filing closet at work,” Moore told viewers.
Moore said she noticed a “prayer journal of mine from 1982” sitting on a shelf. Normally, she keeps her prayer journals at home, not at work. “I don’t know why this one was sitting on the shelf,” said Moore, adding, “I think it was meant for this Mother’s Day.”
In 1982, Moore’s oldest daughter was 2 years old, Moore’s youngest was a newborn, “and I’d only been married just under three years, so try to get this timing in your head with me,” said Moore, showing viewers a picture that her daughter Amanda had drawn in the front of the journal.
Moore went on to read from several entries in the journal. One said, “Lord, forgive me for my failures today. This has not been a very good day and my disposition has been very poor.”
Moore said that in the entry, she “constantly” asked for a better “disposition” and “demeanor.”
In another entry, Moore prayed for her daughter Melissa, asking that God would heal an infection causing a fever. Moore also prayed for good health for her family and for God’s blessing. “I ask God again and again for more rest,” said Moore. “I just tell him over and over, ‘I’m so exhausted. I’m so sleepy.’”
