Simple, Unhurried Word of God - Psalm 1 (Podcast 285)

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Durenda Wilson

Education For Kids, Kids & Family:parenting, Kids & Family, Parenting

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🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Every mom struggles with anxiety to one degree or another. There are countless resources we can turn to and some of them can be useful tools that God gives to help us. However, Proverbs 3:7, 8 warns us to not be wise in our own eyes, but to fear God and shun evil which means we go to Him FIRST and care more about what He has to say than anyone else. Then it goes on to say that this will be “health to our bodies and nourishment to our bones.” God’s word is timeless, it’s free, it’s living and active and able to transform us from the inside out. I’m excited about today’s podcast because God has had me on an intense course (once again) of simplifying and slowing down. I’ve been struggling with some physical changes that are part of this season of life. This has also included some ongoing struggles with anxiety. One of the things that have been most helpful is practicing contentment through being still and listening to God’s word being spoken very slowly. This has helped me bring my mind and body into alignment with the truths of God’s word. I will share some important reminders about what God has to say about the power of His word and what it’s capable of and then I will read Psalm 1 to you slowly. You can use this to help you fall asleep at night or help you get back to sleep if you wake during the night. You can use it as a morning meditation before you even get out of bed. If the kids are out of sorts, call them together and have them lay quietly in the same room with you as you play this for them. If they are having trouble getting to sleep or feeling anxious, play it before bed or use it as a bedtime ritual. After enough listens, you and your kids will have it memorized! I'd love to hear if you'd like me to do more of these using other passages and topic-related scriptures that address things like fear, anxiety, faith, etc. (Please check out my latest book, The Four Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life on Amazon, durendawilson.com, or your favorite bookseller!)

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0:00.0	Hey, moms, welcome to this episode of the Dorenda Wilson podcast. I'm so glad you joined me today.
0:17.9	If you're a new listener, you may know absolutely nothing about me. And so I always
0:22.6	like to just give a little bit of information. And so you need to just probably only know that I'm married
0:30.2	to Daryl and we've been married for 32 years. We have eight kids. Their ages are 17 to 30. We have
0:37.1	eight grandkids and we've been homeschooling
0:39.7	for over 26 years. Like I said, I am so glad that you're here, whether you're a new listener
0:46.9	or you're a regular listener. I'm grateful that you have chosen to spend this time with me. I know there are lots of other things
0:56.0	that you need to be busy doing and I'm grateful that you have chosen to spend these few minutes
1:03.9	with me. If you're enjoying the podcast, I would love for you to leave a rating and or a review because that helps push the podcast out to more new listeners because we want to get this kind of encouragement out to as many moms as possible.
1:21.7	I hope you enjoyed the last two episodes where my 19-year-old daughter joined me to talk about finding contentment
1:30.1	as an unmarried woman. The episodes previous to those, I shared the importance of a home
1:36.4	environment that actually helps our kids grow in character. In other words, the importance
1:43.5	of creating a home environment that actually helps our kids grow in character. In other words, the importance of creating a home environment that actually
1:46.2	helps our kids grow in character. I'll be back here Monday to continue talking in more detail
1:53.5	about character development in our kids, what it look like for our family, why it's essential,
2:03.4	and why we can only encourage it,
2:11.1	we can't force it. I'm doing something a little different today. I usually do an episode on Mondays, that is homeschool related, and a more devotional type podcast on Fridays.
2:22.7	This episode will be a devotional of sorts, but different than I've done before.
2:29.9	My hope is that this will be a tool that will be helpful in a really practical way.
2:36.2	I would love for you to let me know if you like this and would like to see more of it.
2:44.8	Every mom struggles with anxiety to one degree or another. There are countless resources we can turn to and some of them can be useful tools that God gives to help us. However, Proverbs 3, verses 7 and 8, does not to be
2:55.2	wise in our own eyes. In other words, not to assume that we know what the answer is or that the
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