Your calling is supposed to shift. Your purpose never does. Misty shares the testimony that will free the Christian mom striving in the wrong season.

Have you ever felt on fire for God — heart so full it needed somewhere to go — and then had Him redirect that fire somewhere you weren’t expecting? Somewhere smaller, quieter, and far less visible than you had in mind?

In episode 99 of Mom2Mom Mentoring, I get honest about one of the most significant redirects of my life. In the mid-nineties, in the middle of a genuine community revival, I experienced an awakening to the love of God that lit me on fire. I was wired to build, to connect, to pour — and I was ready. But God’s answer to my fire wasn’t a platform. It was a kitchen table and four kids.

What followed was decades of faithfulness in unsexy, unglamorous, often invisible assignments — a homeschool co-op, teenagers at church, a children’s ministry, people always around the table. And when the bottom fell out in 1998, and my marriage ended, I had to find her footing all over again. It was in that broken season that God gave me the longer vision: give it twenty years.

This episode is for the Christian mom who can’t see evidence that her faithfulness is doing anything. The one asking God to show her He’s working — and almost missing the answer because it comes in the form of a little boy quietly singing a worship song while playing with his toy cars on the floor.

In this episode:

• The difference between purpose (your why) and calling (your how) — and why your calling is supposed to keep shifting
• Why staying faithful in a hard, slow season costs something real — and why that’s worth naming
• The exponential math God showed Misty about faithfulness in her own home
• What Isaiah 61:3 says about oaks of righteousness — and why some plantings take decades
• The harvest belongs to God, not to you — and why that is the most freeing truth you’ll ever stand on
• A direct invitation to the BECOMING Cohort for women ready to stop striving and start living from purpose

Key Scripture

• Jeremiah 20:9 — His word like fire shut up in my bones
• Isaiah 55:8–9 — My thoughts are not your thoughts
• Isaiah 61:3 — Oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord
• 1 Corinthians 3:6–7 — I planted, Apollos watered, God made it grow
• Philippians 1:6 — He who began a good work will complete it

Free Resource

Grab the Rhythms of Renewal Mini-Guide — a free workbook walking you through rest, restoration, and relationship, with a Discovery Bible Study through Matthew 11:28–30.

Download free at https://mistyhughes.myflodesk.com/discoverrhythms

Ready for More?

The BECOMING Cohort begins May 5th — a 12-week small-group coaching experience for the Christian mom who is ready to stop striving and start becoming. Only 11 spots. mistyhughes.com/cohort

Don’t Miss Episode 100

Craig Hughes joins Misty for the very first time — and they’re talking about connection. Subscribe now so you don’t miss it.

You feel a stirring you can’t name — and the harder you chase it, the more exhausted you become. Misty Hughes unpacks the difference between purpose and calling, and why you were called before you were busy.

Have you ever been asked what you feel called to — and frozen? Because...you have no idea how to answer that question, and the very question itself feels weighty, and the last thing you need is more weight to carry.

In this episode of Mom2Mom Mentoring, Misty Hughes gets honest about a season when she had four kids, a baby on her hip, and a persistent yearning she couldn’t put language to. She was homeschooling, working, serving — and still felt like the real calling was somewhere out there, just beyond her reach. Like God was holding this carrot in front of me, asking me to chase after something that I was too tired to run after (but was desperate to please God so I kept chasing)

What she discovered changed the way she understood everything — purpose, calling, and what it actually means to be a woman who feels stirred for more.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Why purpose-chasing is one of the top drivers of burnout in high-achieving Christian women
• The powerful distinction between purpose (your identity in Christ) and calling (your seasonal assignment)
• What Ephesians 2:10, Jeremiah 29:11, and Jeremiah 1:5 reveal about the works already prepared for you
• Why the mom in the trenches with toddlers is not on the sidelines — and why the woman with a stirring doesn’t need to chase it down
• How to stop striving and start walking with the One who holds your calling

This is episode 98 — just two away from 100. And something is coming for that milestone you won’t want to miss.

Grab the free Rhythms of Renewal Mini-Guide at mistyhughes.com

— which includes a Discovery Bible Study through Matthew 11:28–30 for the tired, searching, capable woman who is ready for a different way of living.

What if the most powerful thing you could do for your child today takes less than five minutes — and it's completely free? In this episode, I sit down with Dana Williams, author and founder of Redeemed Identity Ministries, to talk about praying Scripture over your children: what it is, why affirmations alone aren't enough, and exactly how to start — even on your most exhausted days.

Dana walked through 25 years of a difficult marriage — and in the middle of it, she picked up her sword. She learned to pray the living Word of God, not just over her own life but over her children. And she is going to show you how to do the same.

In this episode:

→ Why Scripture does something in your child that even the most beautiful affirmation cannot

→ The "breacher" illustration that will change how you see yourself as a praying parent

→ A live example of praying Jeremiah 17:7 with your child's name inserted

→ Simple, realistic first steps for busy moms — no spreadsheet required

→ The one thing Dana says to do tonight, even if you only have five minutes

Resources mentioned:

📚 Dana's free book on praying Scripture (email dana@redeemedidentity.com) ·

🎙️ Dana's podcast: Redeemed Identity After Divorce

ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ Misty's Free workbook: Rhythms of Renewal: https://mistyhughes.myflodesk.com/discoverrhythms·

Community: Christian Moms in Business and Ministry on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianmomsinbusinessandministry

Father's Love Letter: https://www.fathersloveletter.com/

"When you shine, you give others permission to shine too." — Misty Hughes