Encouragement for Every Mama

Baby’s screaming because he’s hungry and tired. Toddler just spilled juice everywhere and is throwing a fit because he can’t find his favorite tractor. You can’t get to either of them without stepping on a toy car or teether. Everyone else is asking where dinner is because it’s 5:30 and you haven’t even pulled anything out the freezer yet. Yep! Been there, Mama! That’s why I wanted to share these 25 bible verses for the tired toddler mom with you.

When you have babies, no one explains the amount of exhaustion you will feel at times. Mentally – physically – emotionally – spiritually. It’s hard to keep your spiritual disciplines when you always feel like you’re in survival mode, I know. It’s easy to get in a rut and start losing your joy – no matter how much you love motherhood. But God has another plan for you. He’s asked you to live a life of peace; to find rest in Him.

How Bible Verses for the Tired Toddler Mom Changes Things

I see you, Mama. Lost in the sleepless nights and chaotic days with your little ones. But I can tell you from experience that NOT carving out time for yourself to be in the word (even if only 5 minutes a day) can AND WILL take its toll on you and make you feel even more lost and chaotic. Glenna puts it perfectly when she says, “When your reserves feel empty, when your patience is thin, when you can barely stay awake, saturating yourself with Scripture is survival.”

Scripture Gives You Hope

God tells us that “whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” Romans 15:4

The Bible is full of stories for you to learn from, to see how others handled situations and always made it through the toughest days with God by their side. Take heart in this, Mama.

Scripture Gives You Inspiration

Not only can you learn from these stories and God’s promises, but you can be inspired! Seeing how David, Moses, Elijah, Esther and MANY more always come out on top can inspire the most worn-out Mama.

Terrible two’s coming? 4-month sleep regression here? Life in general busy and you feel like you’re being trampled over every day? I see you. God sees you too. And He wants to inspire you. Inspire you to stand tall and strong, to love like Jesus did, to keep your faith in Him because He will pull you all the way to the top, Mama! Yoga pants, messy bun and all!

Scripture Reminds You Who (and Whose) You are

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Romans 8:37

Never forget WHO you are, Mama. You are a child of the Most High God and He created you for good works. Nurturing, loving, teaching, disciplining. These are your good works right now in this season of life. If ever you forget, like when your toddler yells at everything you do or say or when your infant is crying inconsolably for who knows what reason, just get in the Word and He will remind you how great you are – even when you might not feel it.

Scripture Every Mama Needs

• Psalm 127:3-5a  “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.  Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.  Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”
• Colossians 2:6-7  “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,  rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
• Philippians 4:4  “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”
• Colossians 3:23-24  “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,  since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
• Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God.

• 1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
• Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
• Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Psalm 31:24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!

• Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
• Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
• 1 Samuel 1:27-28 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
• Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.

• Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
• Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• John 14:14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
• James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like the shifting shadows.
• Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

• Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
• Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
• Exodus 33:14 The Lord replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
• Psalm 62:5-6 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
• Jeremiah 31:25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.

Final Thoughts

Being in the word can be so uplifting. And sometimes, Mama, you just need to be uplifted! I find so much encouragement in these verses and I pray that they can be an encouragement to you too – wherever you are in your journey. Don’t forget to print your verses here! Frame them, hang them on your mirror or refrigerator, put them in your car, purse (or diaper bag)! Use them as a quick ‘pick-me-up’ during your busy days and always remember you got this, Mama!