Welcome to the Femina Podcast, this is Nancy Wilson. Thanks for joining me today.

I'm recording this little podcast the day before Thanksgiving, but you won't

be hearing it until after Thanksgiving. So a belated happy Thanksgiving to you all.

And what better topic to consider any related happy Thanksgiving to you all.

And what better topic to consider any day of the year, but being thankful and rejoicing.

And when winter rolls around, the weather can be challenging, the shopping can be challenging, the

sicknesses can be challenging, the hospitality can be challenging, and the travel can be challenging

just to mention a few things.

But there's no need to define the whole season by these challenges.

If we have a hard freeze in the winter,

I've heard that it decreases the population of some of the nasty pests that come in the summer, like yellow jackets.

And hardships of all kinds can have a similar impact on our souls.

They may be difficult at the time, but they do us good.

Richard Sibbs says this, our chief care must be over our souls. A man's self is his soul. Keep that and you keep all. You get many

compliments and questions in the world concerning your body but how few will inquire about

your soul. So our souls not our bodies should be our chief concern and this is why we love God the chief end of man we love

God and we enjoy him forever because if we love him we can enjoy him in the

midst of all kinds of hardships or trials.

He's never going to leave us or forsake us.

And we know hardship is good for our souls.

You know what a spoiled child is like? No one wants to be around him. A spoiled and indulged

grown-up is far worse. We must learn to look out for our souls and not just be concerned for bodily or emotional ease.

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