Invisible. Isolated. Insufficient. These feelings haunt many of us, and as a new mom, I’ve never felt them more painfully. No one sees me. The only person I consistently talk to can’t talk back to me. I have no absolute idea how to be a parent.
And for the new mom, for the experienced grandmother, for all of us—the gospel speaks to these feelings. Mothers are not invisible (although they may be isolated) and their insufficiencies are for their good. God sees his people and calls them to community. He supplies their every single need.