What the Beautiful Mess of Motherhood Taught Me

Moms, let’s be grateful for the beautiful mess that is also called our lives, even as another meal is interrupted by a potty emergency, or you microwave that cup of coffee, just one more time. Being a mom is messy, but can you think of a more worthwhile calling than getting to daily live out the sacrificial love that Jesus so freely gives us? It’s an act of worship, pouring out our lives, again and again.

Even when we fail as moms, our aim is for Jesus to be magnified in ourweakness. So when we mess up, we continually point our kids back to the good news of Jesus, telling them how much we need Him too, and as we do, through the mess of it all, we’ll discover that Jesus shines even brighter in the gaps that we leave. Life is not about continually finding yourself, it's about giving yourself away, that's one thing that the beautiful mess of motherhood has taught me.

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” Matt 16:24-26

Laura DiLeonardi Founder of Agape Moms

Laura is married to her Bible-college sweetheart of almost 10 years, has three kiddos, and is a self-professed "hotmess rescued by Jesus." Laura's passion is seeing lives continually transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus radically transformed her life in high school, and sent her on a wild ride of loving God and others ever since. Since graduating from Moody Bible Institute with a BA in ministry in 2008, she's been part of various ministries, served in multiple leadership positions, and most recently, took the vision that God gave her for her local Agape Moms and put it into website form. Her mission here is inspiring moms to make disciples as they go about everyday, messy mom-life.