"I should have had children earlier; now I'm too tired and old."
How it sounds in your head: I'm having babies or chasing toddlers in my mid-to-late thirties while everyone else is done with diapers. I don't have the energy I would have had at 25. I'm already exhausted, and I should have started this ten years ago when my body could handle it.
"But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
-- Isaiah 40:31Source: Comparison to women who started families younger, mixed with cultural messaging that motherhood in your thirties is 'geriatric pregnancy' and you're already behind.
She IS physically more tired than she was at 25. Recovery takes longer. She's at playgrounds with women ten years younger who have more energy. The pediatrician literally checked a box that said 'advanced maternal age.'
At 120 years old, after forty years leading millions through the wilderness—the most exhausting leadership assignment imaginable—the Bible says 'his eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.' Supernatural strength that defied age, proving God renews what He calls you to.
I REFUSE the lie that I'm too old and tired for this season of motherhood. IT IS WRITTEN that those who wait on the Lord RENEW their strength and run without weariness. My energy doesn't come from my age—it comes from the ONE who never grows weary. IT IS WRITTEN in Philippians 4:13 that I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me—not 'some things if I'm young enough,' but ALL THINGS. The BARAK blessing that rested on SARAH at ninety years old rests on me. I declare SUPERNATURAL ENERGY over my body, strength that defies my age, divine renewal that shocks me daily. I am not running on my own tank—I'm connected to the VINE, and His strength is made perfect in my weakness.
The Father isn't concerned about your age or energy levels—He's about to give you Moses-strength that makes people ask how you do it. Your maturity is an ASSET, not a liability, bringing wisdom to motherhood younger moms don't have yet.