132. Becoming a Bonus Mom (with Cheryl Shumake)
God Hears Her Podcast
Our Daily Bread Ministries
4.9 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The testimony of my family is that the love of God still works and the word of God still works. |
| 0:07.5 | So we can spend that time in prayer. We spend that time working on our marriage. We spend that time |
| 0:13.3 | working on ourselves. We spend that time shoring up the instability that we can sometimes feel |
| 0:18.8 | when our emotions are out of whack. We're not spending that |
| 0:22.9 | time waiting, doing nothing. We are active in our waiting, and God meets us in our waiting. |
| 0:33.9 | You're listening to God hears her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his. |
| 0:43.5 | Find out how these realities free you today on God Hears Her. |
| 0:48.8 | Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Elisa Morgan. |
| 0:52.1 | And I'm Aaron Eddie Atkins. |
| 0:54.4 | Are you currently dating someone with kids? |
| 0:56.7 | Are you married and navigating being a step-parent? |
| 0:59.6 | Are you waiting to be wanted in a relationship or a situation in your life? |
| 1:04.3 | Today's guest has been through all that, and she has so much insight to share with us. |
| 1:09.6 | Cheryl Shimaki is the author of Waiting to Be Wanted |
| 1:12.7 | and the founder of Stepmom's sanity, |
| 1:15.4 | where she provides help and hope for all stepmoms. |
| 1:19.0 | Cheryl will help us navigate through waiting |
| 1:21.3 | and share some advice for all of you bonus moms out there. |
| 1:24.6 | I recently stepped into the role of being a bonus mom, |
| 1:28.6 | and this conversation was so life-giving to me. Let's learn more about Cheryl on this episode of God hears her. |
| 1:35.3 | I actually was the product of teenage parents. So my parents were teens. I have had a blended |
| 1:42.0 | family my entire life. And the good thing is that my |
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