Still Their Mama - Day 3
Still Their Mama - Day 3
Maybe I Wasn’t Enough
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
— Psalm 34:18 (NIV)
Devotional Text:
Beautiful, there are wounds so deep, not even time dares to touch them.
This is for the mama who carries the ache of maybe. The one who asks silently in the dark, “Did I love them enough? Fight enough? Stay enough?” The one who left, or stayed, or lost her grip when survival demanded more than she could give.
The guilt comes in like a wave; disguised as memory, as regret, as shame. You can see their face when they were little. The questions you couldn’t answer. The tantrums you didn’t understand. The tears you were too tired to notice. The teenager’s silence that mirrored your own pain.
And now, the whispers in your mind say: “Maybe I wasn’t enough.”
But beloved… you were never meant to be the Savior.
You were called to love, to lead, to learn. Not to fix the fractures you didn’t cause. Not to save them from battles they were born to face. Not to carry every cross for your child. Only One ever could.
And He still does.
What if we told our hearts: “I wasn’t perfect… but I was present. I wasn’t fearless… but I was faithful. I didn’t know everything… but I knew how to pray. And God fills in the gaps I never could.”
You were never meant to be enough on your own. You were meant to be held by the One who is.
So let those tears fall, mama. Let that scream into the pillow out. Let that question hit the heavens.
But don’t let the enemy make you wear a name tag that says “Not Enough.”
You are still their mama. You always were. You always will be. And that, beloved, is enough.
Prayer:
Lord, I lay down the things I didn’t get to teach.
I place every gap in your hands, and I trust you to fill it with grace.
Teach them what I couldn’t. Heal them where I failed.
Remind them… they were always loved.
And I am still their mama. Amen.
You are still their mama, and God is still holding both of you.
Carry this truth with you today:
Love endures, God protects, and restoration is never beyond His reach.