A Journey Through PregnancySample

Weariness Sets In

You’re going to experience a level of wearisome you’ve probably never experienced before. Days you’re so tired that you have to take an afternoon nap. This happens in the first and third trimester, girls! Moments you feel so nauseous that the only place you want to be is lying on a bed in the dark. Evenings when your feet are so sore, ankles so swollen, and back so achy that labor can’t come soon enough.

What I’m trying to say is we all experience weariness at some level. And the emotions we talked about on day 2 don’t help either. There will be days when you feel like you’re hanging on by a thread, and honestly that’s completely normal so don’t beat yourself up. Give yourself grace each day because you know what, you're growing a human inside of you!

2 Corinthians 12:9 is a verse I lean on often, not just in pregnancy. There’s so much comfort and peace in knowing that God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness. On those days when you’re tired and in pain--when you’re operating out of weakness--ask God for strength. 

Confide in Him that you don’t know if you have the energy to extend kindness to people, or to get through a day of work, or to be patient with your spouse. If you can admit those things to Him and ask for His help, He’ll extend a supernatural strength to you that will carry you through your weariness.