Skip to content

Join over 35,000+ women for Christ-centered encouragement.

Facebook Instagram Pinterest Email

Jolene Engle

  • Home
  • WifehoodExpand
    • 31 Days to a Better Marriage Series
    • Encouraging Your Husband to Lead
    • When a Husband Isn’t Loving His Wife with Christ-Like Love Series
    • Physical IntimacyExpand
      • Pornography & Infidelity
    • Marriage VideosExpand
      • Physical Intimacy Videos
  • Singlehood
  • The Marriage Mentor Podcast
  • Mentoring Resources
Buy the book

Join over 35,000 other women for Christ-centered encouragement.

Jolene Engle
Motherhood

Seeking the Messiah

When I was a young mother I was very ill for many, many years.  Just getting out of bed and tending to the basic needs of my husband and children was overwhelming and exhausting.  Merge the day to day life with all that needs to be done for Christmas…you know what I’m talking about:  shopping for gifts, wrapping presents, preparing food, baking holiday treats, spending time with family and friends,etc., all great things but in doing them, it sent my body into shut down.

Year in and year out, as Christmas drew closer, my immune system would get lower and lower and eventually I would find myself sicker than a dog waiting anxiously to go back to bed the day I crossed the finish line; Christmas morning.  My gentle and quiet spirit was no where to be found.

Not only did I feel like a failure as a wife and mother throughout the year but even more so during the Christmas season, which ultimately resulted in me loathing the Christmas holiday.  Yet, as a Believer, I knew there was something wrong with my perspective!

Something needed to change.  Seeing how I couldn’t fix my body, I had no other choice but to live with my limitations which forced me to become very intentional about what we embraced as a family.

So I made the decision to be like Mary as she sat at Jesus’ feet, rather than being distracted like Martha.

You can read the rest of my post over at Stringer Mama’s Birthday Gifts for Jesus series.  Just click the button below.

Pin
Share
Tweet
0 Shares

Post navigation

Previous Previous
This is Not Your Typical Love Story
NextContinue
Proverbs 31 Movement

Hi, I'm Jolene. I'm so happy you're here!

Search

Latest Posts

  • If You Ever Feel Shame…
  • If You Ever Feel Fearful…
  • If You Ever Feel Lonely…
  • Chasing Wisdom Podcast Trailer
  • When Change is Hard to Embrace

© 2023 Jolene Engle

  • Home
  • Wifehood
    • 31 Days to a Better Marriage Series
    • Encouraging Your Husband to Lead
    • When a Husband Isn’t Loving His Wife with Christ-Like Love Series
    • Physical Intimacy
      • Pornography & Infidelity
    • Marriage Videos
      • Physical Intimacy Videos
  • Singlehood
  • The Marriage Mentor Podcast
  • Mentoring Resources