Still Their Mama - Day 2
Still Their Mama - The Guilt Was Never Yours to Carry
Still Their Mama - Day 2
The Guilt Was Never Yours to Carry
“For He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust.”
— Psalm 103:14 (NIV)
Devotional:
You’ve replayed the mistakes a thousand times in your head.
The things you didn’t say.
The things you said too harshly.
The moments you missed.
The pain you may have caused; even unintentionally.
You wonder if you’re the reason they stopped calling.
If you failed as a mother.
But here’s the truth:
Guilt makes a terrible mirror.
It only reflects your regrets; never your love.
Never your sacrifice. Never your prayers at 3:00 a.m.
Never the meals you scraped together, the tears you cried in silence, or the days you kept going when your heart was breaking.
God never asked you to be perfect.
He asked you to be present.
And even if they don’t see it right now…
He did. He does. He always will.
You were never supposed to carry all of it.
Not the whole burden. Not the broken pieces.
Not their choices or silence or blame.
“He knows how we are formed…”
He knows you tried.
He knows you broke in the trying.
And He is not holding your mistakes against you…
So why are you?
It’s time to let it go.
Not because it doesn’t matter, but because you matter more.
To Him. To heaven. To the ones who may not know how to love you yet, but still carry your voice in their bones.
Prayer:
God, I keep carrying guilt like a badge;
like it proves I loved enough, or failed too much.
But You didn’t call me to carry shame.
You called me to be Yours.
And even if I messed up, You remember that I’m dust.
You see my tears. You held my babies when I couldn’t.
So today… I lay it down.
The guilt. The “what ifs.” The shame. The fear.
I can’t change the past. But I trust You to redeem it.
Because I’m still their mama.
And You’re still my God.
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.