Former figure skater Janet Lynn Solomon says that being a parent requires practice and training.

It doesn't require perfection.

No, we're not always going to do everything right, and no there are no guarantees.

But it's like with skating, if I trained and practiced for a performance,

there was a lot better chance that I was going to do well than if I didn't

do any of the training at all. This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee-Demoss for Thursday, February 6th.

Seeing sweet contentment on a child's face has more value than seeing a perfect 6.0 for a performance.

You know who said those words?

No, who?

Well, it's our guest this week on Revive Our Hearts.

Her name is Janet Lynn Sullivan.

And many of you remember the sweetheart of skating from the early 70s, Janet Lynn, who was a world champion figure skater, recently inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

And she's here to talk with us this week, not about figure skating, though that's an important part of her story,

but about how the Lord gave her a heart for home, for marriage, and for family. Janet, welcome back to revive our hearts. Thank you, Nancy. It's wonderful to be here. And I want to say,

by the way, last night as I was en route to Washington, D.C., where we're recording today, I was

reading a speech that you gave

at a Mother's Day luncheon, and I have to tell you, I'm not a real emotional person,

but I was on that plane crying as I was reading what you have written about, your journey,

into motherhood and family, and it was so precious. I just found myself saying, yes, yes, yes, the women of America,

Christian women need to hear this. They need to hear this story. Now, you knew something about

high scores in the field of skating, but the Lord brought you to a point as you were in the

middle of a lucrative career, you were winning championships, you were

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