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 9, 2024.

I'm Danagresh with our host Nancy Damas Walgemuth, co-author of Seeking Him.

If you're a 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 math 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,

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