A mother with unending responsibilities & pressures, let’s learn ‘the Art of getting Off pressure‘ & living a life of freedom.
We all have to handle pressures , people who are working, they have to handle pressure at their work place , if you are a student then, you have to handle pressure at school and college, if you are housewife, then you have to handle the pressure at home.
Today we are going to touch base on the role of Womanhood / Motherhood.
God has made women very differently a unique gifting which men don’t have.
They are aware of everything in detail from the kitchen, children, daily needs, everyday household chores and the list will go on and on.. And if they are working then it is an added responsibility.
They are emotionally gifted as well. And they are emotionally attached with everyone.
This unique gifting to manage so many things can trigger stress and disappointments because of everyday pressure. Where the expectation is set every day, that they must be perfect.
And there can be a point where we are not able to enjoy the unique gifting which God has blessed each woman with.
How to handle this everyday pressure?
Let us read from the bible a scripture portion
Luke 10: 38-42
At the Home of Martha and Mary
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[f]Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
It’s quite an interesting scripture portion and it has so much of relevance and truth, if we understand it and apply it in our lives.
Whenever Jesus went, a huge crowd followed him and his disciples were also with him. The pressure to handle so many people and prepare things for all of them was Martha’s responsibility.
The Art of getting Off pressure’ & living a life of freedom is to make ourselves understand the need of ONLY JESUS
There are so many things we can learn from the life of Martha, because we are like her. What made Martha worried and upset?
- She was Distracted
Luke 10: 40
40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made
Too many responsibilities. Each one of us sitting here can relate to that. It’s all about handling pressure . Practically as we handle too many responsibilities, there are chances that we will be distracted and we get stressed.
As we are celebrating Mother’s day . What is it that distracts us the most.?
Is it the children’s future / education?. is it the needs of your spouse? Is it the future of our family?
1 Peter 5 :7
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
- She was Upset
Because of the distractions, she became stressed and then Upset . She may have looked at her sister (Mary) and by her response she may have got upset. “Why I have to do everything” attitude?
- She became complaining
Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me
All this is because of the responsibilities and pressure. As I mentioned earlier, it’s a gifting which God gave to a woman or to a Mother.
How to get off from this pressure and stress?
The bible says be like Mary.
What did Mary do? Let’s look into it.
- To be at the feet of Jesus
When we understand that it’s all about him and he holds everything together. There will be peace. Its not me, not my effort and rejoice in whatever part you can play, there is peace.
There is peace when we give our household to God, our children’s future to God.
The pressure will always be there, but we will be able to handle the pressure and will not get distracted.
- Listen to what Jesus said
Mothers need Grace to handle this unending responsibility, for that you need to have a relationship with God. Listen to his voice. It’s good to have personal quiet time and prayer even before we start the Day.
- Choose the right Thing
Take a break from the regular routine. It is always good to take a break. Take a day off from your regular routine. Do what you like, what you enjoy, and our responsibility is to help them to take a break.
To Conclude, the key is to be connected with God.
The Art of getting Off pressure’ & living a life of freedom is to make ourselves understand the need of ONLY JESUS
Virjil Selvan is Pastoring the New Hope Community. The New Hope Community is situated in the heart of the city between Old and New Panvel. We can confidently share that New Hope Community is a Church in Kamothe, Church in Khandeshwar, Church in Khanda Colony, Church in Panvel, Church in New Panvel because we are centrally located and these places surround our church Venue.
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