You know that feeling. It's 7 PM, the kitchen looks like a disaster zone, someone is crying (maybe you), and you have absolutely nothing left to give.

Mama, you are not alone. And more importantly — you are not forgotten.

God's Word has something to say to the tired mom. Not a Pinterest-worthy platitude, but real, living truth that meets you right where you are. Here are five scriptures I come back to again and again when I'm running on empty.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

Jesus didn't say "get it together and then come to me." He said come as you are — weary, burdened, exhausted. The invitation is open right now, in the middle of the mess.

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Some seasons of motherhood feel like a marathon with no finish line. This verse is a promise: when you place your hope in Him, He renews what you can't renew yourself.

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

This verse isn't about doing everything perfectly. It's about doing the next hard thing — the next diaper change, the next homework session, the next bedtime routine — through His strength, not yours.

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

Yesterday was hard. But tomorrow morning, His mercies are brand new. You get a fresh start. Every single day.

"Be still, and know that I am God."

Sometimes the most faithful thing you can do is stop striving and just be still. Let Him be God. Let Him carry what you were never meant to carry alone.

If these words resonated with you, we talk about this kind of real, Scripture-rooted encouragement every week on the podcast. We're two moms who have been in the trenches — and we're not pretending it's easy.

Come listen to Biblical Moms Unfiltered — because you deserve honest, faith-filled community.