Motherhood and Work: Honoring Your Dreams While Raising Your Family

There’s something sacred about the dreams tucked deep inside a mother’s heart.

Maybe you’ve felt it too—that pull between raising your babies and wanting to build something outside your home. That whisper inside that says, There’s more inside me yet.

If that’s you, hear me clearly: you are not wrong for feeling that way.In fact, you were designed for it.

Proverbs 31 gives us the most beautiful glimpse of an industrious woman. Not a woman hustling or grinding herself into the ground—but a woman working with willing hands, moving with wisdom, and delighting in the fruit of her labor.

"She works with willing hands... v.13. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard." v. 16 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. v. 18 She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. v. 24

Work isn’t something that was forced upon her.It was woven into her very being.

As women, whether or not we work outside the home is a personal decision—but make no mistake, we are called to work. Not in the way the world tells us—through endless hustle and burnout—but through using the beautiful essence God placed inside us.

Motherhood and work are not enemies.

We create.We nurture.We build.

It’s not about chasing the next thing; it’s about being faithful in the season you’re in while preparing your heart and hands for the next. It’s about recognizing that, made in the image of the ultimate Creator, we get to create too.

And when we bring value to the marketplace—whether it’s a product, service, idea, or community—we receive something beautiful in return: provision.

The more value we bring, the more provision flows back to us.

But friend, this isn’t just about earning an income.

It’s about the story you’re writing for your children.

If you shelve your dreams, if you dim your light, if you tell yourself "maybe someday"—how will they learn to chase their dreams?

How will they believe they can, if they never saw you try?

We owe it to our children to show them what’s possible.

To show them that faithfulness, excellence, and creativity matter.To show them that dreams aren’t selfish—they’re stewardship.To show them that being a woman made in God's image means living abundantly in every season.

So no, you don’t have to choose between loving your family and building your dreams.You were never meant to.

You are capable of doing both—and doing both well.

Not hustle. Not burnout. Not striving.

But courage. Purpose. Joy.

Friend, you are not just earning an income—you are building a legacy.

Let’s work with willing hands. Let’s create with a joyful heart. Let’s plant seeds today that our children—and their children—will harvest tomorrow.

Your dreams matter. Your children are watching. Let’s show them what’s possible.