Hey, everyone. This is Heidi St. John. Do you need some good news for these hard days?

Well, I'm here to give you a little bit today from the word of God.

We're going to talk through some of the headlines, particularly as it relates to artificial

intelligence and some of the things that are coming out of the Biden administration.

But first, I'm going to take you to the book of Jeremiah and remind you that God is in control.

Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged.

Well, hope you guys are having a good day.

We're ever this podcast finds you.

I want to say thank you before I get into it today to everyone who's leaving reviews for the show

over at iTunes and over at Spotify. We really appreciate that.

If you have feedback that you'd like to leave for us over at Spotify, we are publishing that

feedback and you can just go to Spotify and click on any episode that you want to and you can leave

reviews for the show there. You can leave feedback. But the most helpful thing that gets the podcast

out there is if you leave these reviews over on iTunes. I also want to say thanks for everyone

who's leaving reviews for my brand new book, which you can see if you're watching this that I have

in my hands. This is Mom Strong 365, a daily devotional to encourage and empower every day moms.

And we're getting a lot of great feedback on it. I am a super fan of 365 day devotions.

And so I'm excited to finally see it out there in the marketplace. It will make a great Christmas gift.

So if you're wondering about what you can get for that mom in your life for Christmas this year,

well, a 365 day devotional is a great gift for the end of the year and to start off the new year.

Right? Jeremiah 23, 23 says, am I only a God nearby? Declare is the Lord and not a God far away.

I think sometimes the burdens of this world feel too heavy. Sometimes the hard really does just feel

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