As a mom, Sarah Walton has learned to look for God's grace when she's tempted to play the comparison game.

We compare the inside of our lives to the outside of other moms, and we think, well, I am not measuring up.

To me, a lot of times grace has looked like accepting my limitations and realizing God isn't surprised by my limitations and he's not disappointed by them.

Welcome to the Reviver Hearts podcast for April 1st, 2025.

I'm Dana Gresh, and our host is the author of Choosing Gratitude, Nancy DeMoss Walgam.

When you're feeling overwhelmed or like you just don't meet the standards placed on you by society, by your group of friends, or even your own standards for yourself, what do you do?

How does the gospel speak to you in that moment? That's what our guests today are going to be talking about specifically in the context of motherhood. My friend Sarah Walton and her mother,

Linda Green, have written a book together entitled, He Gives More Grace. That's a phrase taken from

James, chapter four. And aren't you glad? I like to think

of God's grace as being kind of like an ambulance that he sends when we're in trouble and we cry

out to him for help. And in that moment, he gives us tailor-made grace. Well, if you're a mom,

you know how often you need that ambulance.

Sarah Walton and Linda Green know it too. Dana sat down with them over a video call to talk about

this whole idea of depending on the grace of God in the everyday moments of a mom's life.

Let's listen together. I'm looking at a mother, a daughter,

and I'm thinking, you look like you might have those best friend moments. You look like you're

probably a mom and daughter who pray together. I can imagine looking in on the life that you share, that it would be easy for some of us

to look at you and say, super moms, right there, they've got it.

What would you say to that?

No way.

Actually, we kind of laugh because I have told my parents very often that I've been a great

sanctifying tool in their life, so they really should be grateful for me in that regard. But yeah,

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