29| The Battle Cry of the American Mom: A Manifesto for Faithful Mothers Standing for Truth
Hi friends, welcome to Intentional Motherhood. I'm your host, Kelsey Redd, a mental health counselor, an entrepreneur, but most importantly, a wife, a mother, and a disciple of Christ. This podcast is for all of you amazing moms who are just trying to do your best to raise faithful kids in an increasingly secular world, and who want to find ultimate joy in family, marriage, and parenthood. And you're going to want to stay till the end of the episode today to hear my reading of the battle cry of the American mom. And click on the link in the show notes below to join my community, my army of moms, and to be sent a printable of the Battle Cry of the American Mom.
Kelsey Redd:And while you're there, go ahead and rate the show, leave a review, or send this episode to a friend. Better yet, share it on social media. Last week, I gave you a very spontaneous last minute episode recorded on the evening of September 10, when I was just processing the news of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Well, I've had more time to think and reflect and process. And I keep having some thoughts come to me that I really want to share with all of you American moms who maybe like me are feeling a little inspired to step it up a little bit.
Kelsey Redd:Maybe like me, you felt like last week was a wake up call for the world, for our country, and for each of us individually. As Governor Cox said, history will dictate if this is a turning point for our country, but each of us gets to decide right now if this will be a turning point for us. And I know this will be a turning point for me. As I have reflected and tried to gain clarity and peace over the events of the last week, I have turned to scripture. I have turned to God.
Kelsey Redd:And I know that it's time for me to step up in my family and be the mom that will raise the future leaders of our country. The time for complacency has passed. Lukewarm Christianity is no longer enough in the world we live in. It's time to stand up and to speak out. Because if we don't, then who will?
Kelsey Redd:We are the mothers who are forming the future generation, the next generation of business leaders, of political leaders. And we are at a turning point in our history where there has to be a shift. And I don't think there's any one group of people more equipped to make this shift than us. The mothers who are teaching and educating and instilling values and principles into our children who will grow up putting into practice what they have learned and hopefully creating a different America than the one we're living in now. Throughout this week, I just have had this quote keep coming to my mind over and over again.
Kelsey Redd:It's a quote I've always loved. And it says, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing. And unfortunately, I feel like it's really easy to slip into this idea that I don't make a big difference anyways, or nothing I do is going to really change the world, so I don't need to do anything. But that is the exact danger of complacency or apathy, is the fact that everyone says the same thing. So then nobody is stepping up.
Kelsey Redd:We've had an amazing example in Charlie Kirk of someone who decided to step up and speak out, who made a difference and one voice made a difference. And that voice inspired hundreds and thousands more voices to speak up. And I anticipate in the near future, we are going to see so many youth who were inspired by Charlie Kirk continue to step up and hopefully fill those shoes. But I think we all have to get to a place of personal responsibility where we feel motivated and empowered to do something In whatever little corner of the universe that looks like for you, it's time to step up and do something. Maybe our sphere of influence is small, but it is important.
Kelsey Redd:We have the opportunity and the ability and the responsibility to take the four walls of our home and create a safe haven, to create educational opportunities, to create value based learning, so that we can develop children who are then empowered and educated enough to step up as they grow up. So yes, our sphere might be small, but we are shaping a generation. And the impact that we have through our children and their children and their children ripples so much farther than you can imagine. And that's just as our role as mothers, not to even speak of civic involvement or organizational opportunities that we can and should be looking for to extend that sphere of influence. Over this last week, as I have really taken to heart Charlie Kirk's own advice to turn off the phone and stay grounded in scripture, When I was just feeling so overwhelmed and so confused and so much grief and anger and frustration and sadness, I just kept wondering, where do I go?
Kelsey Redd:What do I do? I don't know how to deal with all of this. And I just kept coming back to go to the Bible, go to the Bible, go to scripture, go to prayer, go to God. And so I've been really reading in my Bible a lot lately and the story of the early apostles right after Christ's death and resurrection has stood out to me as being so relevant to the world we live in. Just after Christ was crucified and then rose again, the apostles were charged with going and witnessing of Christ throughout all the world, all the world as they knew it.
Kelsey Redd:And they were persecuted heavily. They were threatened. They were stoned. They were punished. They were put in jail.
Kelsey Redd:And they were commanded by the rulers of the country to not speak and to not teach at all in the name of Jesus. And in Acts chapter four, verse nineteen and twenty, it says, But Peter and John answered them and said, whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge. But we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard. And they were continued to be threatened and to put in jail and to be punished for this. And later, again, Peter answered them and said, We must obey God rather than men.
Kelsey Redd:It feels like the world we're living in is telling us, Don't talk about God. Don't testify of Jesus. There's this culture of subjective truth where everyone wants to have their own truth. What's true for me? But there is one truth.
Kelsey Redd:God is truth. God's laws are irrevocable. In Acts chapter four, verse 29, Peter said, And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness. I love this verse. It reminds us that even while the threats are continuing to be made, even while we are being persecuted or threatened punishment for continuing to speak about God and about Christ and testifying of Christ.
Kelsey Redd:The apostles are praying that they can continue to speak the word with all boldness. And if you can't tell, that's very inspiring to me this week. And I feel like it is time to speak up with boldness about the world we live in, about the state of our country. In Erica Kirk's first remarks after the assassination, she reminded us that the war that we are fighting is not just political, it's spiritual. We are fighting a spiritual war and the attacks are so much more than on an individual.
Kelsey Redd:They are on the beliefs, the Christian beliefs, the truths of God that our country was founded on. And that is a serious concern that every American mom should take very seriously. Because we all want a better future for our children than the path that we can see we are headed down if there's not a major shift. Right now, the best way I know how to fight this spiritual war is within the walls of my own home, is with my own family and my own children. We need to take the phrase just a stay at home mom out of our vocabulary.
Kelsey Redd:There's no more just. It is the most important thing we can be doing right now. Charlie Kirk would have based his political campaign on the revival of the American family, according to Erica. And I think that's what we need to focus on. We need to revive the American family with wholesome Christian values being taught to our children.
Kelsey Redd:And to recognize that the family is the fundamental unit of society. We need to get off our phones, we need to turn off the screens, we need to log out of social media, and we need to focus on the Word of God, on Christ, on being out in nature, on slowing down and focusing on what really matters. I have such strong desires to make a difference and to do something. And what God has called me to do is to focus on the moms, To focus on how I can help moms be the happiest they can be in their role as the keeper of the home. To help moms be empowered with information and education, to allow them to raise kids in a way that's enjoyable.
Kelsey Redd:To keep themselves and their children emotionally regulated so that they can truly enjoy motherhood and raise amazing kids. I'm so glad you're here experiencing this with me and being a part of this little community that I'm trying to build. I just want to end this episode with a little manifesto I put together that I'm calling the battle cry of the American mom. We are the mothers called of God. We are the backbone of the nation.
Kelsey Redd:We do not apologize for loving God, family and country. We refuse to be silent while culture whispers lies that distorts truth, degrades the family and denies God. We believe in the home as the first sanctuary, in marriage as a covenant under heaven, and in raising children who know both freedom and duty. We believe children are blessings, not burdens. We believe homes are the first classrooms and mothers are the first teachers.
Kelsey Redd:We believe faith is the anchor, freedom is the gift and truth is non negotiable. We reject the lie that motherhood is small. We reject the culture that mocks discipline, devalues fathers and dismantles families. We reject fear, passivity and the silence of complacency. We are not victims of rage.
Kelsey Redd:We are vessels of wisdom. We are not lost in the noise of the world. We are grounded in the Word of God. We are not mere consumers of culture. We are the cultivators of connection.
Kelsey Redd:Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers that seek to tear apart what God has designed. We will not hand our children over to men's philosophies, nor surrender our homes to apathy. We will raise up a generation who walks in truth, who honors the land we've been given, and who knows that liberty is a gift worth protecting. We fight with prayer as our weapon, with Scripture as our shield, and with love as our legacy. We will raise sons who are strong in conviction, and daughters who are steadfast in identity.
Kelsey Redd:We will raise a generation who knows that freedom was bought at a price and must be kept with courage. We are not waiting for permission. We are not shrinking back. And we are not handing our children over to a godless system. We are the American moms.
Kelsey Redd:We are the mothers of a nation. We declare with one voice that we are anchored in Christ. We choose faith over fear and truth over lies. And we put God and family over everything. This is our call.
Kelsey Redd:This is our stand. This is our battle cry. If you're ready to join the army of American mothers fighting for truth, click on the link in the show notes below to sign up to be a part of my community, or find me on Instagram at creating. Intentional. Mothers.
Kelsey Redd:And please send this episode with other like minded moms so that we can build our army and raise the future generation in Christ. Thank you so much for being here with me and I will see you next time on Intentional Motherhood.