What Matters Most: Generosity
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you are having a beautiful day with your friends and family. I am so very thankful for each of you. I got to meet several of you in person at a recent retreat - and you were so kind to stop me and tell me the impact this podcast is having on your life. I care about each of you so much and it was so refreshing to meet you in person and hug you tight.
Today’s episode is just ME! I decided to pause from interviewing guests and start a series that we will sprinkle in over the next year or so. As I am launching my first child into the world, it’s fun to look back and think “What mattered most?” One of the things that has mattered most in our parenting journey is the topic of GENEROSITY.
As Ron and I reflect, we do believe making that a priority in our home has genuinely impacted our girls’ faith - in big and small ways. We didn’t always get it right - but we did make sure we spent very practical time giving to others. This is way more than giving money - it’s our time, talents and more.
Today, you will hear some super practical ideas too for the holiday season. You can find 100 free ideas over at Light ‘Em Up. Enjoy this season with your family shining the light of God. Praying we each have eyes to see where God is moving and that we have the courage to step in and be a part of it this Christmas season.
Send me some stories after the fact!
Much love,
Courtney
00:00
Thanksgiving Greetings and Gratitude
10:25
Living Generously: Personal Stories and Experiences
20:02
Creative Acts of Kindness and Community Engagement
25:52
Making Room for Generosity
33:20
Listening for God's Guidance
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Light ‘Em Up - acts of kindness ideas
In This House, We Will Giggle - Courtney’s first book
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Pardon the Miss. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents. |
| 0:14.2 | It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me. |
| 0:18.6 | But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy, |
| 0:22.0 | but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful |
| 0:26.2 | and messy journey of parenting. |
| 0:45.0 | Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. If you are listening to this on Thanksgiving day as it comes out, |
| 0:50.8 | then I don't know. You're a super fan and I'm so pumped. So let me know. I feel like I should send you a prize or something or at least a gold star. But happy Thanksgiving, wherever you're listening to this. Maybe you're driving home. Maybe it's |
| 0:57.7 | the next week. Maybe it's two weeks from now. But I just want to say I'm thankful for you guys. |
| 1:02.3 | Y'all are so sweet. One day we need to have an event, a part in the mess party and everybody |
| 1:06.9 | come together because y'all are just so kind if I see you out in the world or you |
| 1:11.7 | DM me encouragement side note I told my kids the other day I was like it's in your |
| 1:17.0 | Instagram inbox and they're like what are you talking about like they just have different |
| 1:20.8 | language like DM me so I don't even know but y'all come through my Instagram inbox |
| 1:25.4 | sometimes and direct message me sweet things. |
| 1:28.5 | And I hope I get back to every single one of you because there's nothing worse than having the courage to reach out to someone and they don't respond. |
| 1:34.9 | I hope I haven't done that. |
| 1:36.3 | But, you know, I'm flustered. |
| 1:37.8 | So here we are. |
| 1:39.0 | Today's episode is me. |
| 1:40.7 | You get me. |
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