Hey, moms, it's Duranda.

I've been spending some time with the Lord, a lot of time with the Lord over the last few days.

And today specifically, God brought some things to my mind that I really feel like

he wants me to share with you. I believe that when God shows us things that are encouraging,

that if it's at all possible, we need to share it with each other. So if you don't know me,

I'm married to Daryl. We've been married for 30 years. We have eight kids.

The ages are 29 down to 15.

We have six grandkids and we've been homeschooling for about 24 years.

But today what I want to talk to you about is not specifically homeschooling, but if you're home with your kids and schooling, then, you know, these things would apply to that as well.

But what I really want to talk about is what's going on in our culture.

Hi, Spring. Good to see you here. I don't want to go too much into it because we're all, we all know.

We know what's happening. We know the,

we have our own thoughts about what's going on in the church. We have our own thoughts about,

oh, what's going on in the world around us. We have our own thoughts about masks versus not

masks. And I'm not really wanting to dive into any of that today. What I want to dive into specifically is the spiritual battle that's going on,

and specifically for us as moms, because we are the gatekeepers when it comes to our kids.

We are the ones who decide what they're exposed to and what they're not exposed to.

And the enemy knows that when we are weak, he can get to our children.

And he wants nothing more than to get to the next generation if he possibly can.

And we are the ones who stand in the gap for that.

So it's essential that our mental health,

our emotional health, and more than anything,

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