In the 1700, Susanna Wesley once wrote some parenting guidelines.

As children, they are to be in bed by 8 p.m.

Teach a child to pray as soon as he can speak.

Commend and reward good behavior.

Today, we'll explore the life of an ordinary mother used by God in some extraordinary ways. This is the Reviver Hearts podcast

with Nancy DeMas Walgamuth, author of Surrender, The Heart God Controls. For May 2nd,

2022, I'm Dana Gresh. Okay, today I want to do something a little unusual. Well, actually,

it's a lot unusual. I want to do something a little unusual. Well, actually, is a lot unusual. I want to

invite you to come with me into Roberts in my home, and I want to take you into my study.

And the first thing you're going to notice is that there are bookshelves everywhere and books floor to ceiling

crammed in sometimes two or three deep yes it's a little bit messy so we'll pretend like you don't see

that but i want you to check this out because my bookshelves give you a little window into who i am

my thinking and my heart so yes i've got quite a few Bibles,

a sweet collection of Bibles I've been through over the years. They're all lined up there.

There's a shelf with my journals from the time I was in, I think, junior high school. They're all

lined up there. And then I got a bookshelf of hymnals. Yes, I'm a hymnal collector. But then you've

got to see this section. This is multiple bookshelves, a whole section actually scattered throughout

my study at home and also my study at the office that set aside for biographies. Oh yes,

I love biographies. The first one I read when I was in,

as early as I could read, was a biography of J.C. Penny. And the next one I remember reading was one

on William Carey, the Shoemaker who gave India the Bible. This book touched my life in such a deep

way, impacted my thinking, my values, my heart,

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