Hi, I'm Arlene from Carter'sville, Georgia, and I am a Revival Hearts monthly partner.

My husband was the one that suggested that we become monthly partners

because he saw the change that listening and studying God's words with this ministry produced in my heart.

And that's how we started our partnership.

Enjoy today's episode of Revival Our Hearts, brought to you in part by the monthly partner team. We're about to enter a season

where we like to sing about peace on earth. But it's easy to get discouraged when you look around

and see a lot of places where there is no peace.

Nancy DeMas Walgamoose says we need to turn to God himself to find the peace we need.

In the middle of an unsettled, unpeaceful, distraught world, God wants to give you rest in your soul.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMas Walgerman, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For November 23rd, 2022, I'm Dana Gresh.

So Nancy, we're gearing up for a big holiday tomorrow.

At least those of us in the U.S. are.

Yeah, our Canadian friends have already had their Thanksgiving.

They have had their turkey.

You know, for several weeks, I've already been seeing the Christmas decorations in the store and everywhere we look.

We're told it's time to be festive

and have fun, but that's not always easy this time of year, is it? Yeah, it's such a mixture of

both during the holidays, isn't it? We have the joy, the festivity, the fun, but the holidays can

be really hard. They can be stressful. They can remind us of difficult relationships. And even now as I have this

scratchy throat, I'm realizing that sometimes the weather changes and whatever can hit us too.

But here's the thing the holidays can also remind us of loss. I'm thinking of a precious woman

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