Wake Up, Look Up

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hello everyone thanks for listening to

wake up lookup a podcast where we

connect events happening in real time to

the Gospel of Jesus Christ I'm Zach wck

and in this episode we're asking this

question who defines you this is based

on an article I read in the Atlantic

this week that was looking at something

called Mom

talk that's to as in Tick Tock he was

looking at social media trends and

reality television and the shaping

effect they're having on Mothers that's

because there are a lot of social media

trends out there for mothers uh the the

thinking on social media seems to be

that as a mom you are expected to be

super domestic able to make great meals

have your house always looking nice even

being able to knit and sew and all those

kinds of things also you're expected to

look great while you're doing it and

even to be and feel cool so the bar

that's being raised for women is be as a

home great at homemaking like Martha

Stewart but be a supermodel while you do

it and be cool the whole time and it is

crushing women that's because social

media is creating a scoreboard for us

it's telling us what winning looks like

and what losing looks like it's inviting

us to ask the question do I want to win

or do I want to lose and if I want to

win am I willing to do the things that's

also because a lot of the influencers

out there who are making you feel like

you should be and uh do more as a mom

are also selling you products that ah

look at that will help you be and do the

things they're telling you to do and by

the way this trend is not exclusive to

women I mean mom talk is for moms but

it's no different than similar trend out

there for men or for women who are not

moms social media it's constantly

telling us that if you really want to

live a life of meaning and purpose if

you want to be a great traveler a great

employee a great parent a great spouse a

great friend here is your scoreboard but

I want you to stop and consider

something for a second the single most

shaping voice in your life is the voice

that gets to tell you what the

scoreboard is it's the voice that is

telling you what winning looks like and

what losing looks like it's the voice

that tells you if you measure up or not

and the thing is as a Christian that

voice is supposed to be God's not some

mom influencer on social media have you

ever stopped to ask what is God said

about what it means to be a mother or to

be a wife or to be a sister or a friend

or any other role that even us guys play

what has God said about that let's let

God to find the scoreboard first because

he isn't selling us anything and second

because he loves us and knows what is

best for us listen here's a quick test

of whether or not mom talk or similar

Trends are affecting you when you're

scrolling on Instagram or Tik Tok or

Twitter or Facebook do you find yourself

putting your phone down and saying I

need to do more I I need to be more

creative I need to plan better birthday

parties I I need to be more and do more

listen who's saying that the reality is

that for most of us if we weren't

picking up our phones we wouldn't be

thinking those things if you want to

know how you're doing as a wife or a

mother or anything else ask God then ask

your husband and your kids but don't ask

your phone they don't know you put the

phone down and find contentment in the

satisfaction of knowing that God loves

you and that God knows what's best for

you and that the people you are caring

for and loving probably also think

you're doing a great job Mom talk is not

our scoreboard God's word is and I'm

sure he has more encouragement for you

than they do hey thanks so much for

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