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The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Finding Courage in the Unknown (Podcast 592)

The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Durenda Wilson

Education For Kids, Kids & Family:parenting, Kids & Family, Parenting

5.0861 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We all have areas of our lives with more questions than answers. How do we find true biblical courage while living in the unknown? Today, I'm sharing with you some biblical practices that I've found helpful while living in the unknown. Resources mentioned in this episode: Link to podcast episode search bar Raising Boys to Men Book Raising Boys to Men Audiobook The Unhurried Homeschooler The Unhurried Homeschooler Audiobook Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart The Four-Hour School Day Courage by Joe Rigney: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude Quotes and scriptures mentioned in this episode: Thomas Merton: “The world of men has forgotten the joys of silence, the peace of solitude which is necessary, to some extent, for the fullness of human living. When that inner voice is not heard…life is always miserable and exhausting…If man is constantly exiled from his own home, locked out of his own spiritual solitude, he ceases to be a true person.”    From an article on How Silence Helps Us connect With God: Without silence, we struggle to know ourselves and who God created us to be. When our minds are constantly filled with outside stimuli, it becomes impossible to make space for the lessons that silence can teach us about God, about ourselves, and about his work in the world each day.   Psalm 46:10 Exodus 14:14 Isaiah 40:31 2 Chron. 20:17 Psalm 37:7 Isaiah 30:15 Psalm 31:24 Psalm 112:7,8   Wes's sermon on silence, solitude, and stillness: Growth and Opposition   THE AGE-LONG MINUTE by Amy Carmichael Thou art the Lord who slept upon the pillow, Thou art the Lord who soothed the furious sea, What matter beating wind and tossing billow If only we are in the boat with Thee? Hold us in quiet through the age-long minute While Thou art silent, and the wind is shrill: Can the boat sink while Thou, dear Lord, art in it? Can the heart faint that waiteth on Thy will?   St. Francis de Sales  1567-1622 Be at peace.Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life;rather look to them with full hope as they arise.God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them.He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things;and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms.Do not fear what may happen tomorrow;the same everlasting Father who cares for you todaywill take care of you then and every day.He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it.Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Welcome to this episode of the Dorenda Wilson podcast. I'm Durenda, wife to one,

0:14.5

mom to eight, Nana to 12, and 30-year veteran homeschooling mom. I'm also the author of four books, The Unhurried Homeschooler,

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The Four-Hour-Hourried Grace for a Mom's Heart, and Raising Boys to Men. You can find all of those

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books on Amazon, and if you haven't checked them all out, I encourage you to do that, because I think

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you'll find a lot of helpful,

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encouraging words in each of those books. But I am so glad that you're here today. I'm

0:45.2

thankful to be here today. I've been working on getting out at least one podcast a week.

0:52.0

That's my goal is just to be able to get out one a week.

0:54.9

During this particular season of my life, you all know, unless you're a new listener,

1:00.4

that I was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer back in December. And so it's been quite a journey

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over the last six months. And the Lord has really been so faithful in the midst of the hard and in the midst of the

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unknown.

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And I did another episode quite a while back called Living in the Unknown.

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And today I'm going to be talking about finding courage in the unknown.

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I've been in some pretty dark places over the last six months,

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and God has been faithful to pull me through those times,

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to meet me in those times.

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And, you know, there's just, there are places that we are sometimes required to go where no one else can go with us but God.

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And I've been in those places so often over the last six months. And so I wanted to share with you

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some of the courage that I have found along the way, living in the unknown. A few weeks ago, I took a

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trip to the beach with my husband and our son and our daughter and her husband and four kids.

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Now, I don't typically share this information because it's not really my story to tell.

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