Hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's podcast. I'm Darynda Wilson. Married to Daryl for 30 years. We have

eight kids, ages 28, down to 15. We've graduated six so far. And we have

six grandkids. If you're a regular listener, you know that my favorite thing to do is to get on

this podcast and bring as much encouragement to moms as I can. And today is no different.

Today I'm going to be talking about learning to

listen to your mom instincts. This is something that I run into a lot and have had happen a lot in my

own life, is this conflict that I see in the hearts of moms as they're sharing their struggles with me.

And then also looking at my own heart as a mom,

one of our biggest struggles is feeling like God is putting something on our hearts,

but it looks so different than what anybody else is saying,

it should look like, even we thought it would look like. It looks different. And so we have this hesitation and we wonder, are we crazy? Should we be listening

or should we be listening to all these other voices that are pressing in on us? And the truth is, we live in a culture that is pressing in hard on everyone, but especially

parents and particularly moms.

We are told from literally everyone how we should parent.

This quickly causes us to not only not enjoy our kids, but to constantly

be dealing with fear. Most of all, it distracts us and it undermines our ability to hone in on

our mom instincts. And what I mean by mom instincts is this. I believe that as God gives each child to us,

he also gives us the wisdom along the way to do what is best for them as we walk through

each season with them.

This involves a commitment to prayer, along with seeking God's heart for our children.

The problem is that with so many voices screaming at us through social media, well-meaning or not-so-well-meaning family and friends, even strangers,

and our own ideas of what good parenting looks like we cannot even hear that still small

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