You're listening to the God Center Mom podcast with me, Heather McVanian.

As the mom of four young boys, I know Motherhood's hard.

Sometimes I think I make it harder than it needs to be.

By putting myself in the center of things or even my kids,

I forget to place God there and be led by His Spirit.

I also tend to forget that I'm surrounded by God.

He goes before me, he walks with me on the hard days,

and he comes behind me when I make a mistake.

So each week I'll interview someone new

and we'll discuss what it means to be a God Center Mom.

Thanks for listening.

Hey y'all, welcome to the God Center Mom podcast.

Today I am lucky enough to get to interview Lisa Jo Baker,

author of the new book, Surprise My Motherhood.

Lisa Jo also writes online at a beautiful site with her name

that we can put in the show notes.

And Lisa is just an amazing person

and also an unbelievable writer.

She has quite a beautiful story

that we are going to talk through today.

So Lisa, welcome to the God Center Mom podcast.

I'm so excited to get to talk to you.

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