Here's the problem. No mom is perfect. Kristen Weatherill says the solution is found in the good news about Jesus.

This is precisely why he came. He came for sinners. I think that I can cling to the cross and to the victorious resurrection of Christ, in which he not only forgives all of my sin,

but covers me with his perfect obedience.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast for May 9th, 2024.

I'm Dana Gresh with our host, Nancy DeMas Walgamuth, co-author of Seeking Him.

If you're a mom, today's program is for you.

And as we get started, I want you to think of some of the ways that you use your hands

and how sometimes there can be a disconnect between what your hands are

doing and where your heart might be at that moment. For example, maybe you're at that stage where

your hands reach out to hold and to rock a newborn infant. You love that baby with all your heart,

but there may be times even as you're rocking that baby

where you may feel overwhelmed, or maybe you just find yourself missing some of the freedom

that you had before kids came along. Maybe you're a mom with a house full of preschoolers and toddlers

and you're using your hands in this season to plot them all in the bath at the same time because there's so much to do and you're trying to be efficient and you're using your hands in this season to plot them all in the bath at the same time

because there's so much to do and you're trying to be efficient and you're trying to manage some

of the chaos. If you have elementary age kids, you might use your hands to brush naughty hair

into neat ponytails. But maybe just today you caught yourself zoning out while your daughter

rattled on and on and on.

You know what I'm talking about?

Or you might be the mom of a high schooler and you find yourself often telling your kids, get off your phone, don't be on social media all the time.

But then you find your hands scrolling endlessly and mindlessly through your social media feeds, maybe using your phone

as an escape. Now, maybe like me, you're not a biological mom, but your hands reach out to many

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