Sally Lloyd Jones’s encouragement for when it all seems to be going wrong
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Many years ago I heard Sally Lloyd Jones speak on a friend’s podcast and she made a statement that struck a chord with me: always make sure your definition of success is the same as God’s.
That wisdom has stuck with me because so often I find myself judging success based on our culture’s version of it versus God’s definition. What a great parenting application when we stop to consider what we value for our kids and how we spend our time and resources in raising them.
For years I’ve been dying for the opportunity to chat with Sally Lloyd Jones, and I’m thrilled to have her with us on Pardon the Mess today!
If you aren’t familiar with her, Sally is a New York Times bestselling writer of over twenty-five books, including The Jesus Storybook Bible (which is required reading for every parent). She’s critically acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and, much more significantly, she is unbelievably wise and loves the Lord.
Can I cut to the chase and just tell you that you can’t afford to miss this conversation?
There’s so much we covered, but here are some highlights: God’s promotions often look like demotions, the importance of working the muscle of trust, hurry is often a sign that we’re in the wrong place, finding what sparks joy in our lives, a reminder that nothing can thwart what God has planted in the hearts of our children.
If you haven’t heard Sally Lloyd Jones before today, you’re in for a big treat. Don’t miss this one!
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:02.0 | This is Cynthia Yannoff and you're listening to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:16.0 | Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical. Life is messy. Don't walk |
| 0:26.1 | the parenting road alone. Hey guys, welcome to Pardon the Us. I'm glad you're with us today. |
| 0:35.3 | Brace yourself. We have Sally Lloyd-Jones here. And if you have |
| 0:38.8 | not heard Sally Lloyd-Jones speak before, oh, you're in for such a treat, and you will not forget it. |
| 0:45.1 | I promise. She wrote the Jesus storybook Bible, as well as many, many more books for children |
| 0:50.8 | and otherwise. And I heard her many years ago on one of my friends' podcasts, |
| 0:56.0 | and it stuck with me. And it was just amazing. And basically from the day, pardon the mess |
| 1:00.8 | started, I've wanted to have a conversation with her. And so here it is today. And what I love that |
| 1:05.9 | she speaks into is something I think many of us faces. Our kids start to get older. What's my purpose? What's my |
| 1:11.5 | significance? What does it look like in this next chapter as my kids get more independent? And she just |
| 1:16.5 | encourages us. And she speaks in terms of writing because that's what she does, but it's applicable to |
| 1:21.3 | all of us. Finding those places that spark joy. What are the things that God has woven into our story? |
| 1:27.3 | And so, ooh, there's a lot of good |
| 1:28.8 | stuff today, but I'm going to give you a little preview because this is one of my very favorite |
| 1:32.6 | moments of the podcast. So I just think parents could maybe take the pressure off. And I mean, |
| 1:40.2 | I don't, I mean, it's very hard right now, but I this expectation that you have to do it all perfectly or your child's life will not be as good as, you know, I don't, I mean, it's very hard right now, but this expectation that you have to do it |
| 1:45.0 | all perfectly or your child's life will not be as good as it should be is a lie. |
| 1:49.8 | Because if you did it all perfectly, you actually wouldn't be helping your child because your |
| 1:54.4 | child would go into the world and be completely blindsided by the world that's not perfect. |
| 1:59.5 | And that's exactly why you are going to want to hear |
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