Janie Ortland talks about a mom's number one priority.

When I stand before the Lord Jesus, when I finally see him face to face, he's not going to ask me.

Now, Janie, I want you to tell me, remind me how good you were at getting Ray to change.

Now, tell me all the ways you got your kids to be perfect.

He's going to say, oh, tell me how you loved me.

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

It's Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

Those of us who are moms need to hear the wisdom of other moms who have gone before us.

We've been having that opportunity this week.

Nancy has been in a series with Janney Ortland called Missional Mothering.

Well, it's been great having this conversation with my sweet friend,

Janie Orland, this week, and we've surprised her with some comments that we pre-recorded from her children.

And as I listened to these before Janie got here, I thought of that

passage in Proverbs 31 that says, her children, the children of this woman who fears the Lord,

they rise up and call her blessed. Now, that doesn't mean they do it when they're six or 16,

but now Janie's children are young adults, mature adults, with their own children.

And it's been very sweet for me, and I think for her as well, for her in particular, to hear

what her children, how they view some of their memories of growing up as sons and a daughter of Janney Orland. Let's listen.

I think Charles Spurgeon said that who you are at home, you truly are. You could fake it outside,

but when you're at home, you can't fake it after a while. And our family growing up,

a bunch of people who needed a lot of grace, each one of us.

And yet the dominant feeling I have, when I think about growing up in Ray and Janney's home,

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