Motherhood: Identity, Calling, and Community

May 14

Carmen Coe and Kirsten Watson led our House this past Sunday in a conversation about motherhood. Their encouragement and challenge came around the topics of community, prayerfulness, and time with Jesus.

Key Takeaway

Invest in community, live prayerfully, and carve out time to be with Jesus.

Discussion Questions

What is your history with your mom?
What were/are your grandmothers like?
How did your mother and grandmothers affect your family – for good or bad?
What qualities of your mom do you want to carry on and embrace?
What is Mother’s Day like for you? Is it joyous? Painful? A little of both?
If community is a major piece of motherhood, what does that tell you about your mom, given the community she was surrounded by?
Read back through Matt. 14:22-33. What is something you saw in the text that you had never “seen” before?
Kirsten Watson shared about the importance of getting away to spend time reading Scripture and praying. When you do this, what is it like from beginning to end?
If you find yourself “maxed out” and without margin, what are the “Veggie Tales moments” of your day where God might speak to you through something unexpected?
Take a moment as you close to pray for a couple of specific moms around your lives. Do you know any widows, moms struggling with infertility, moms who have run from God, or mothers who are worn out? Pray for them (they might be in your group).

Scripture References

22.Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23.After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24.and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.25.Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26.When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.27.But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”28.“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”29. “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30.But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”31.Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”32.And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33.Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

About the Contributor

Kirsten Watson is the Executive Editor of Mom Life Today, a mom of seven, and wife of author & retired NFL player Benjamin Watson. View more from the Contributor.