Anything but predictable
Courtney Wise of Mom-Dentity™ was your typical have-it-all-together career woman. She was a successful broadcast journalist who helped her news station build an audience of new viewers. She had become a CrossFit gym owner and instructor, working alongside her husband. It was a pristine, curated life. She assumed that when she became a mom, she’d approach it the same way she did everything else: exactly according to her thorough, detailed plan.
Those dreams came to a grinding halt when the reality of motherhood set in. Messy. Chaotic. Unpredictable. A far cry from the picture-perfect life she left behind. Burdened by mom guilt, she tore through parenting books, scrolled through (not-so-helpful) advice on social media, and, eventually, turned to the Bible.
Through learning about the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22—23), she experienced a mindset shift. She began to see temper tantrums and sucky situations as opportunities to develop those fruit within herself. By being able to connect them to her own life, she saw them as more than just words on a page and instead a way to let God into those situations — rather than mom guilt.