Judy Douglas says parents of prodigals need to practice expressing gratitude to God.

The first thing that happens when I say thank you in a hard situation or what I don't like

is my focus shifts from negative to positive. Then I am saying to God, I believe that you're

God and I believe that you're good.

And so even if this is the most poignant thing I've experienced, I can say thank you.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Adorned.

For June 5th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

What a rich conversation we've been having with Judy Douglas this week, as she recounts her time of walking in the wilderness of loving

a prodigal. And she's even been audacious enough to say that that period of time in her

life wasn't just a wilderness but a door of hope.

Yeah, I love that.

I love that. That just was such a picture. and I think we see that in scripture in lots of different

places.

I know that book of Josea says that there's this husband, this prophet, loving a prodigal wife.

And he's instructed, listen, this valley of acore, this valley of trouble, this wilderness

that you're in, it is your door of hope. And how Judy has helped us

to see that this week as we've been hearing her story. And I think she's going to help so many

people as they read her book, when you love a prodigal, 90 days of grace for the wilderness.

They're going to find their door of hope in those pages. Yeah, Dana, and I believe

God's been infusing hope into many despairing hearts as they've been listening to this conversation.

And I'm so thankful that Judy has written this book that we've been talking about all week,

when you love a prodigal, 90 days of grace, 90 days of daily readings about grace for the wilderness.

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