Would you like to live a life completely free of hardship?

Maybe not, says Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth.

Without pressures and trials,

we will become weak and fragile.

We will not be able to withstand the pressures of life.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For April 30th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

You know, Nancy, it feels like just yesterday you and I and more than 6,000 other women were in Mexico for the third international true woman conference.

Yeah, in a sense, it feels like yesterday.

And in another sense, so much has happened since then. We came home from that

conference into self-quarantine and then a sheltered home order from our government

officials. And we haven't been out much since, but you and I have both been actively involved

in ministering digitally from our homes to our Revive Our hearts listeners. Thinking back to that conference,

what a huge encouragement that was. And I'm so thrilled to report that as far as we know,

now weeks later, none of the women who attended that event has contracted the coronavirus.

There were some who had trouble making it back to their countries,

26 different countries they came from. But even in that process of weeks, it was so beautiful to

see the body of Christ step up and show hospitality to these stranded sisters in Christ.

And Nancy, one of the messages that you gave at that conference

was all about staying rooted and steadfast in the midst of trials. Yeah, Dana, months ago,

when we planned the messages, the titles, the themes for this conference, and I signed myself

that topic, trusting God, staying steadfast in trials.

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