About How God Sees You with Peyton & Victoria

God sees you. Not just your plans and prayers, but the season you’re in right now: the messy living room, the tired mornings, the doubts you don’t say out loud. I’m joined by my granddaughter Peyton and our social media teammate Victoria for an honest, faith-filled conversation about what it looks like to trust God when life feels loud and uncertain.

We talk about the vision behind E's Greenhouse and why Christian community can’t be optional, especially for women who feel isolated in motherhood, marriage, or a new calling. You’ll hear practical ideas for building connection through prayer nights, Bible study, and simple touchpoints like newsletters, plus a clear challenge to stop going it alone and find friendships that strengthen your spirit with truth and grace.

We also walk through a hands-on exercise to name your gifts, talents, and soft skills, the ones God can grow even when you feel unqualified. From work-life balance as a work-from-home mom to the Proverbs 31 picture of wise priorities, we keep it real about seasons that move fast. And we go deep on marriage, spiritual leadership, and the long obedience of praying Scripture, while also naming an important boundary: safety matters, and abuse is never something to ignore.

If you’re craving encouragement, direction, and a reminder that nothing is wasted with God, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs community, and leave a review with one takeaway you’re going to put into practice this week.

Transcript

God Sees You And Knows

SPEAKER_00 0:30

I am so excited to have my granddaughter Peyton, my social media person Victoria, with me today. We are really excited to just hang out with you and talk to you about life and uh what's going on in our lives, and hopefully it'll uh resonate with what's going on in your life right now. And um we're just so thankful today. We just were remembering that God sees, God sees us, He sees us. It reminds, you know, He's Jehovah Rowing. And it's really big that no matter where we are, what's going on in our lives, we are seen by God. Um, and we are together because along with Kristen, she she went back home, but um we've been together to talk about East Greenhouse and where we're going and our vision. And so we're just gonna talk a little bit about our visions today. And so, Victoria, you've been on before.

SPEAKER_02 1:31

Yeah, never in person. Yeah, never in person.

SPEAKER_00 1:34

She came all the way from Ohio to Texas to be with us. I'm so excited about that. So yeah, and it's just neat because our our team gets to bond. You know, they all um Peyton lives some in another town, Kristen lives here, Victoria lives in Ohio. There's very few chances for us to really we see each other on Zoom, but next time that we see each other on Zoom, it's gonna be so different. It'll be so good. Because we've really connected with life, right? So, like, um what are you thinking about your life right now and and just out here, you're away from your family, and so what are you feeling right now?

SPEAKER_02 2:16

Um, well, first I'm just so excited to be here and to have this connection time, the conversation that you've had. It's like um keep coming back to her, at least I keep coming back to it's just like um God's in the story, you know, and every if you look back and just like the awe of your story, and uh and you're just like, oh, I see where why that didn't work out, you know, why, you know, so it's yeah, that's good, that's good.

SPEAKER_00 2:38

Like like going through seasons where things look like, what is going on, God? But then we're looking back and finding that really nothing was wasted, right?

SPEAKER_02 2:51

Or uh such a good visit, and um, and yeah, it's been obviously like a mistake, but it's and they're missing you, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:58

Everybody's missing their mama. Because you know, we're important to our children and to our husbands. Um, you know, they realize it more. They're gonna be real appreciative when you get back. I know. Oh, because she just doesn't leave much and we don't. That's that's our job. We love that job when our kids are little and we're raising them up. But sometimes it's good to get away.

SPEAKER_02 3:22

Well, and I it's it's a realization even more, not that I didn't realize it, but just all the the uh understanding a bit more of like the power of like amazing community too, because um I homeschool and I couldn't leave without the amazing community that we have. Our friends jumping in and they're like, how do we support? So that's good.

East Greenhouse Vision And Community

SPEAKER_00 3:42

Um I think we're building a community too. We're building a community, a core of a community that we want you to be part of. And um, so that's what we we've been talking about today is like how do we connect each other uh through prayer nights and Bible studies and newsletters and because that's our heart, is that you will connect with us through uh easegreenhouse.com and feel like you're part of a bigger community, and that through those those interactions, whether it's on the podcast or the newsletter or these other things that we're planning, that you feel not alone uh in your walk that God sent you on. He didn't think it was good for you to be alone. And I know that you need friendships and girls, and you know, I'm the old one here, but but you know, I I bring you wisdom from walking that trail, but then you also need the ones that are walking in the same season as you to just talk about stuff and and work through things and have somebody encourage you in the work. So, what are you thinking, Peyton, about all that?

SPEAKER_01 5:00

Uh uh, no, I'm really excited to see where East Greenhouse gets to go and um the growth there of getting to find it, make it more um interactive, and it's a community to be a part of. And um yeah, I think I think it's fun getting to be on the backside of stuff um sometimes and see how it works and all the effort that you put into it and your heart for that, just like how much you care about where this not only goes, but just like what you're doing in the ministry that you're creating. But yeah, it's like really fun. I like being a part of that.

SPEAKER_00 5:41

I'm glad too. Especially, I mean, you know, it's just so neat. Like Victoria and I didn't know each other till two years ago, and now we're like so close. Oh, Peyton and I, I've known her since then she was born. And it's it's both are such a blessing, and it was even more of a blessing today to get Kristen and Peyton and you, Victoria, together and see them start to bond, which is exactly my vision for you. I I want us to be connected. If you're struggling through seasons right now, I just want you to be remembering that God sees and that he's got plans and that if you'll trust him through whatever season you're going through, he's gonna remove your debt. He's gonna remove your debt far from you. He's gonna provide for every need. Your house is gonna get all fixed up, you're gonna get a house. Um, I mean, so many amazing things are gonna come in your life as you walk with them. And I can tell you that because it's it he's still doing it for me. As long as we live and as long as we step out in faith, he just performs miraculous for us, and we need to just remember that.

Naming Gifts And Soft Skills

SPEAKER_01 6:55

What'd you think about that little exercise about gifts? Yeah, I think that's something that you've done quite a lot in my life, or at least in this last few like adult years that I've been walking through just like challenging me to um when I step into a new thing, and I'm always nervous because I'm like, maybe, you know, maybe I'm not equipped enough to do this or qualified, and um that's like the first thing you always say is sit down, what are your gifts and talents that the Lord's giving me? And then it it just does turn out to be like, okay, yeah, He has given me these things. And even like if I don't have the skill, I already have a talent or a gift that helps me to be able to learn that skill or like be determined enough to figure it out. Um, and so even with that, like it was fun getting to do that. Um and for me to experience it in a way of like um getting to see other people be challenged to figure out what their skills and talents are, and um that's cool. Yeah, I like that part of it.

SPEAKER_00 8:01

That's cool.

SPEAKER_02 8:01

What about you, Missy? What about me? No, I loved it. I mean, you know, I think for me, I looked in there, I was like, uh, you know, we're talking about uh the story and blah blah blah, um the talents and and um looking at it and being like, okay, yeah, uh you said something. You said you have um like soft talents too.

SPEAKER_00 8:22

Yes, so I was you call them soft skills in the business world, but God, those are those are the heavy duty talents. They're like the above and beyond talents I believe that God puts in us and touches us and grows us in. Yes. Uh, you know, just having compassion on people and wisdom and you know.

SPEAKER_02 8:41

Whenever I do some an exercise like that or somebody else, like, you know, what are your talents that are skills? Like I can like, okay, instantly it's like organization that you know, and and and come with some of them. But then I I really like took a minute. I think it took me a minute because I was like, what are the like my everyday things? You know, and then I was like looking, I'm like, where am I using this? You know, and um kind of that like are there things that I'm not that God's given me to like that I haven't really leaned fully into yet. So that's good.

Aligning Personal Vision With Purpose

SPEAKER_00 9:10

I love that. So there's there's uh, you know, when you think about communication skills and leadership skills, you know, all of those are rooted in God's word. And as you grow in his word, uh those talents, those gifts become stronger as you as you pour in God's wisdom, you become a better leader. It's just there's nothing else you could do because you're gonna speak God's word out of your mouth because it gets buried in your heart. And when you do that, people are gonna hear that, and they're not just gonna hear words coming out of your mouth, they're gonna hear wisdom coming out of your mouth because it doesn't come from us. It's through his working in our lives. So, yeah, I thought that was like a super good exercise for all of us. Y'all need to sit down, write a list of the gifts and talents God's put in your life. And if there's a place that you think you're weak, you know what he says. He says, where you are weak, he will be strong. So you just need to lean in. If that's a desire in your heart to be stronger in that area, to be more encouraging, more um uh lifting up of people uh than you are, then that's part of the word. So you can pray for those things in your life and he will make you strong in those areas. And uh, I mean, it's just so broad, so broad. So I don't want to limit you, but write those skills down, but also write down all your talents. Like, you know, both of these girls are so uh filled with technical knowledge and they're not afraid in that field, they just jump in and get stuff done. Me, even though I've seen IT for years, I just get overwhelmed sometimes with trying to figure it out. And I then I just don't want to do it. I just don't want to, I want to walk away. And when I walk away, what I'm doing is um like hurting my own self because those are the skills that I need to be able to get to you, and God has put on my heart to get to you. I'm thankful that he surrounded me with girls that have those talents too, and that they can just take it off my shoulders and do it. But we can do it like all of us can do it. We don't need to stop, we need to ask God, and he'll either provide somebody or he will um teach you if you're patient and you're willing to learn. So um we talked a little bit about our own visions, and why do you think it's important to really cement in your mind visions that God has given you when you're working with somebody else like me? You know, why do you think it's important that you already know your vision for that God's given you?

SPEAKER_02 12:04

Oh, well, okay, so I love just to give context of like the exercise we did this morning, where we listed out our vision and then or our uh talents, and then we went into our personal visions, and then um, and then we looked at East Greenhouse, and then we're like, okay, now how does this work inside of the East Greenhouse? Like, how do they and it's like, first of all, that is just like a huge testament to you of like because not everybody, the companies that you work, they're like, how does our vision, because we are all from children of God, we are all the body of God, so how are these, you know, supposed to work together, you know? And so it was really cool to see like, okay, our vision, like whether it's family vision, you just have to be business or you know, or business or or something else, ministry. Um, you know, these are the visions, these are the things God's put on our heart, you know, and then coming to East Greenhouse because it is so impactful and like such a huge part of all of our lives. It's like, okay, now how can we incorporate this here? So it was really, it was really cool to see.

SPEAKER_00 13:06

Yeah, I think it I I want, it's my desire, but I also always wanted that in the jobs that I worked in. If I went to work for a company, I had to tell myself, I had to encourage myself that God had put me here for purpose. And what are the purposes? How am I gonna benefit? I'm gonna benefit in growing, in my knowledge of things that I didn't know, that for sure. I I was telling them, always felt like not drowning here. Uh, but God put me in that position so that I would remind myself of that and know that I was gonna be raising up skills and abilities. That's what we need to know. We need to encourage ourselves in that. But we also need to encourage ourselves that we're getting a financial blessing and that we're getting to minister to the people that we're with, and especially if we have management responsibility over them. So, you know, you need to get out there and know why it's successful. Is that your baby? Okay, go get that little white, and he can come back in and be on the podcast. Oh, yeah. I think that's the thing I want you guys to have is that we are we have to encourage ourselves in the Lord and in what he's doing in our lives, no matter where we are, but we really need to understand that in the companies we're working with. And you work with several companies, and so like I encourage you to do that exercise with again, yeah, with each one of them, because as you remind yourself why that's gonna help you, God's gonna grow your ministry, your separate ministry, and that's what I want too. I want you to have a separate ministry and be helping me forever, forever. Both of these girls are have small children, but uh you're getting to the stage now where your youngest is uh four. Yeah, he'll be four this year, and so that's kind of making you look at the world a little differently. I remember when Anthony is about to turn five, and then I found out I was pregnant with uh but but those are milestones because like all your kids will be school age and you homeschool. Yeah, but they're not little anymore. So it's so it is a different stage. It's a different season, yeah. And it'll even become a different season when they all uh get to junior high, high school, and then when they go, they grow up and they leave, and then God has a different season for you. So do you are you able to keep that in perspective as you're walking along?

SPEAKER_02 15:40

Yeah, I try. It's um I and my kids are a little a little more spaced out. Um, like my oldest, she's four years older, about, and then my boys are about three years apart. So um, so it's like we're I've always they've all been in different seasons pretty consistently. Um, and so I'm like, and at one point I'm like looking at my daughter and being like, okay, so I said she turned 10 this past year, and I was like, oh my goodness, I I have eight more years of really getting to pour into her, and like, and then she goes to college, we're in a totally different season, you know. Um, and so and then like okay, my middles and you know, young elementary and my my little is still just being a little. Um and and so, but looking at like um, I would say more recently, I've been like, I'm gonna appreciate this season, the season that is crazy, the season that you know important, yeah, that we're you know, doing all of this because I know this season, it goes so fast.

Seasons Of Motherhood And Work

SPEAKER_00 16:39

It does. All the seasons in our life go fast. Like I'm in a season now um really different from you know this previous season where I worked all the time and traveled. I mean, I just went from airport to airport. Um, and now I'm not, you know, I'm just at home and and most of my work is talking to you guys or writing, or um, and just a few years back, I was where you are, and just all my focus was on my kids, even though I worked through that whole time. It was in conjunction with, and they were the primary focus. So while they were in school, I worked. Um, but I had flexibility always because of my own companies and because of the companies I worked with and my roles, I could be there for things that and you know that was a really my precious season. That's what I that's my precious season. Then they grew up, and then I had my mighty season of getting to do a lot of stuff, and now it's a more of uh breastful season, and it's really a nice it's my favorite so far. 2025 has been my favorite year. Every year I say that. That's the right thing to say, yeah. It's a very fun, it's a very fun, but so this is my great grandson, and there's a secret percolator going on too. What? What? He was taking a nap and he didn't wake up happy, but it's okay. He will be in the moon. So my goals. So you're in the season of of baby babies, and um, so you've really just come out of the season of being teen, young adult to married, and now baby season. Tell me about that season and how you're feeling in it.

SPEAKER_01 18:33

It definitely has its challenges. Um, it's funny because it's like newborn is its own challenge, and then you know, like I feel like three months to like ten months is like a nice its own, um, they're just like little blobs, and you just do whatever. Um, and they like still sleep all the time, and um, you know, it's there's no like no pressure for me to like I don't know, feel like I'm doing anything less or more. And um then they, you know, start like mobile and walking, and then that's the whole season of like being on top of um, you know, they put everything in their mouths. It's like everything is eye-level, and so it's like they just grab and um now we're like in this new season of expecting and so she's expecting yes, and um you know make big changes um with my like uh we are just eating more solids and weaning and night times and this like new sleep schedules and spots, and so that's just been difficult. Um but it's also just so rewarding, like everything is um I mean at the end of the day, yeah. I'm so thankful that we get to be in this season. Like I anytime it's like I feel like I'm just really in the thick of it and I'm so tired, I always think back to my 13-year-old self who had already planned on the kids that I was gonna have, at the age I was gonna have it, and like so it's fun to like look back, and I was so ready to be a mom, that's like really what I was wanting. That now that I'm here, you know, I I can get frustrated and I get upset, but ultimately I just remember like I'm so excited that I'm here and this is what I'm doing, and uh yeah, like I enjoy the season that we're in, and then you know, the kids will be five, and then it'll be ten, and then it'll just like fly, and yeah, so so so you're you're doing a little bit of work in the process of being a mom, but uh how is that working out for you?

SPEAKER_00 21:02

Where how do you how do you organize your schedule and your life right now? And this is new to you too. Yeah, it is.

SPEAKER_01 21:10

I have like a window from in the part of the day like where he's usually napping, um, to like make sure then that I'm done working by the time husband comes home. We we have dinner on family time. Um so it's not it's it's only a few hours of the day, but it's nice that I have the ease to do that of like I get to schedule. Um, I don't have to work nine to five in a building in a place, um, which we are super grateful for because um I could be off the days that um noble's off and then I can be present or like deadlines, then it's kind of like okay, maybe I wait till Noble's off and he can give him attention, then I can be fully like in work mode and um or if I have to work some days in the evenings, but you know, he because you never know with especially toddlers like any if they're sick or some days he's just clingier than others, and um yeah, you still want to like go do stuff and get outside and have days. So um yeah, it's a lot of personal time management, but it's um it's made me, I think. Better and also like um showing me that I can do more than I thought I could like multitask-wise.

SPEAKER_00 22:38

So one of the things that uh you you kind of have to decide is like your clients matter because your clients have to be flexible too. Uh like that. Like we want the babies, we want, we were when we were planning, it was all of us and the babies. And that is like uh great. That's what you want. So that's a good reason to work for yourself, is because yeah, it's it's been the biggest blessing.

SPEAKER_02 23:07

And I I I was talking about it earlier. Um, some God's like been reminding me of like the vision and the calling. And it's like I've always known as little, like I was like, I couldn't like to be a mom, you know. And so the calling on my life is to disciple my children, is to to be a mom, to be a wife. Like um, I've always known that's my calling, but also I know that like God has put desires and talents and visions. And so, you know, I I when I was young, I kind of fell into that, like, oh, I'm gonna have a big career and all these things. And and I and I was like, and then and then I had a kid, and then I actually I don't want any of that. I the most important thing is is her, um, because it was just my daughter for a little bit. And um, and so you know, after trying some different things, like I just I it wasn't like it just ended up like it was God gave me the opportunity to step in online. And so, but you know, me as the worker that I am that we're very similar, like I I started working so hard, and then I realized, oh, this is taking away from this season from from this beautiful season that's so short. And uh, and then I had to let let people go. And I that was hard because I was like, oh wait, no, I'm doing so good. I'm so I'm so proud of myself.

Marriage, Peace, And Wise Boundaries

SPEAKER_00 24:25

Like, but you know, why do we work too? Is because there's something God puts in us to want us to aspire to things that He's put in our heart. And I think He He knows that. So that's why I love women who are with children learning that they can be entrepreneurs because it gives you the flexibility to choose how you're gonna work. Yeah. So, you know, the clients you let go, um, those clients weren't a fit for the life that you were in. But like when you and I get on the phone or other time, then the kids are all around, you know, they'll come in and she'll say all the time. Bella, you need to go do your work. But then if Bella comes in with a question, it's okay with me. Me, because we can stop. And just like when we stopped for Milo feeling, you know, like he needed more of his mama, that's fine. We just want you to be part of the interaction. We want you to know that um what we're talking about is you really can be Proverbs 31. Proverbs 31. You can. It's just where are the most important pieces in your life and how do you keep those? So, like, as we close this little discussion up, I'd really like to ask you like, how does your husband fit into all of this? You work, you have children, and you have a husband. And so what what does he play in this?

SPEAKER_02 25:55

So much. I didn't do any of this about him. I just he is the absolute best. In fact, like while I I I've been joking because I went on this and he is just um, he's like, you go, you do this, like let me um be the one beneath your wing, you know. So I'm I'm so blessed to have that is a blessing. Yes, it's a huge blessing.

SPEAKER_00 26:13

But what if he had said, Okay, um, I don't want you to go on this trip.

SPEAKER_02 26:17

Tell me what your response would have been. You know, honestly, if he would tell me that um he didn't want me to go on this trip, I would be like, okay, like I, you know what? Because at this point in life and our marriage and our marriage, and I I really believe that somebody got us under me so much about it. And and and knowing, like, okay, if there was a reason that he, you know, and I know uh so if he's like, nope, I don't want you to do that, or even if it we were out of alignment, he wasn't even a strong believer, yeah. Um, being like, okay, if if things are not lining up, if this feels like a strain to go, if this feels, you know, it's taking away from my kids, and he's like an absolute no, maybe it's not the season just yet. Yeah. And also, and also knowing like this is such a season, like the motherhood season, you know, live, live is such a such a short season, it goes so fast.

Praying Scripture For Your Husband

SPEAKER_00 27:13

So if that was the case, I'd be like, okay, all right, you know, not saying that that would be easy, but no, no, it's not easy, but like it's so so I have been married a long time and it's took me a long time to get just really where I just relax now. But like uh I love to go um to Mexico on mission trips, and right now my husband's like, or even to visit my friend that lives down there. Um, but he is a little bit more sensitive about that than I am, and he's like, really, I don't feel good about that right now. I want to go on a trip in the summer, and uh I I uh am praying that he's going to agree that that will be okay. But if he doesn't, she's right. I I believe that God has appointed him as the priest and keep of my household for my protection and for discernment. And even in the years when he wasn't as strong following God, I look back and see he did protect me so often from running into things that I didn't need to be running into. And sometimes I pushed it and I was in difficult situations because I hadn't listened. So, you know, you may not know all of this yet in your lives. Uh, you may not be there, and that's okay. God loves you right where you are, but I'm telling you, when you get that sense of peace that comes with letting God be God through you, be your father and loving him more than anybody else, even your husband, then you can trust that he has placed that man in your life for purpose. Yes, and you can rest. And I mean, I think that's like the whole circle. Like we get visions, we get gifts. God gives us visions and dreams that we need to uh that we want to pursue. Uh, but all through that, like um, we have this protection over us if we're married. If we're not, girls, you're married to God. And so you're safe too. But if you're married to a husband, God has put this extra layer of protection, I believe, over you um that you can trust um through a lot of seasons. If you're praying for him and trusting God with him. Um, I will caveat that with if you have a husband that's physically or mentally abusing you, step out. Let God work on it. Step out. Don't be in a situation where you're you're really physically or mentally being where you're where you're forgetting that God is God. If you cannot hold on to that, then you're in a place that you don't need to be and you need to step back. I'm not saying divorce or anything. I'm just saying get out of the danger zone and continue to pray, and God will give you answers. He will give you answers, whether it's this is gonna work or it's not, but he will give you answers. Listen to Mary Dunn's message. That conversation was so good because in that conversation, she was trying to bargain with God about getting out of her marriage, and he said stay in. But the the important part of that is that he gave her clarity in what she should do, and we want you to be safe in all situations. But when you get to the point where God's changed to that man's heart, I had a really good report this week of a friend who's been uh wanting so much for her husband to be that to take on that mantle. And this week her husband said, Let's pray together. Oh my gosh, it just made my heart with that because it's just a first step, and you know, there's more steps to come, but you you just feel lighter as a woman when this man in your life is willing to take on that mantle from Christ and King. It's really amazing.

SPEAKER_02 31:15

And prayer works, yes, prayer works, yes, about you know, you pray for it because and sometimes that's a hard journey. So, Nathan, tell me a prayer you've prayed for Nathan. You know, so we've had like we come from two different backgrounds. Um, and like I've always I grew up in ministry, but when you know we started dating, we were fresh out of high school, and I was not I was I was a mad of God at the time. Um, and so then you know, we get married and he grew up in church, but he was like, I couldn't tell you single message. So I, you know, he like it was like 10 people in his church, like little, you know, and that was the only church he'd ever experienced. Um, and so and at that point, like my family had fallen apart, and um and I was So you were kind of disillusioned.

SPEAKER_00 31:55

Yeah, but you know, you were mad at God. I love that because when you're mad at God, that actually means you have a relationship with him when you're talking to him. And that's a better place to be than just saying, Oh, you doesn't he must not be real or he doesn't care. He does really care. Yes, 100%. So it's okay if you're frustrated.

SPEAKER_02 32:14

And that's I was like, okay, it's okay. Like I'm just I'm you know, frustrated and hurt, you know. Um, and it's okay because God's not mad at me. God's not mad at us, he loves us anyway, despite us. Exactly. So, but he came into my life at like God's perfect timing, you know, like and and um with his gentleness. But we, you know, he joined the Navy, and so we had this like journey of uh, you know, when when we became parents, I was like, oh, we have to we have the now we're responsible for someone else's salvation. Like this is so important. And he also had that too. But how we lived our life in that, like I had such strong, like, oh no, this is wrong. This is, you know, this is such a big responsibility. And um, him, my prayer for him had been um, you know, just boldness. He's very quiet and like very gentle, um, loving spirit. Um, but for him to, I it's it's been interesting because I grew up with the bird. So I'm like, oh no, actually, I know this, this. And for him to feel like he has the boldness. Yes, to say, this is what God's saying to me. Right, yeah. And and and the authority there. And and so sometimes I think early on when we were kind of coming back and getting stronger in our faith, um, as a married couple, he didn't feel like he had as much wisdom or knowledge. And I'm like, actually, you do. You have this really strong discernment. So it honestly, it's been like the past year or so of watching him be like, hey, I'm gonna like, and I'm just praying, I'm like, God, please, God, please let him know that he can lead spiritually. Like, God, please give him the discernment. Please let him be the one that's like, I want us to sit down and be Bible study. So this um beginning of this year, he's like, hey, I am um do 71 days of or 75 days of this fast. Um I know. And and he's like, and it's been all him, it hasn't been me pushing or me. And he's like, I want us to wake up every morning, pray, you can do this with me, or I can do it on my own. But I would really like your encouragement. And I was like, done, I'm with you. I'm with you.

Don’t Isolate, Find Godly Friends

SPEAKER_00 34:17

Yeah, that's great. I, you know, I feel like that's the thing. So Lee and I got married, and man, my husband was rough and tumble, and he still is. If you met him, he's gonna tell you. Um, and he's but he's quieter, and and he wasn't like uh choosing to be the spiritual leader for a lot of years, but then I would pray for him the word, and one of the words that I prayed was that the uh words of his mouth and the meditations of his heart would please God. That was just one, uh, that he would be the head and not the tail, that he would be above and not beneath, that everything his hand touches would be blessed, that he would have favor with men because he had favor with God. And I'll just go on and on of these verses that I prayed. And by the way, there are there is a group of the ones that I used to pray for him on the website you can download for free. Um, so um, anyway, I prayed, and then it was just like almost imperceptible how it changed. But then all of a sudden, he was saying, Let's pray before we leave each other in the morning. We've been doing that for years now. Uh, and the days that we miss, because every once in a while we will, he'll get up early to leave for because he leaves really early, and he'll let me sleep in. And I'll feel just kind of empty. I'll have to call him and say, Can we pray? Please, let's get this in. Um, there are just so many things, and he has he's very discerning. And he has really become such a warrior in his prayer life. Um, and that was not him when I first met him or for years into our marriage, but God was faithful, and now I just lean into God, but I lean into Lee Jackson, you know, because I know that he loves God as much as I do. And that from that love, he's loving me makes a difference. Okay, girls. We have gone on a while today, but um, I want to thank you again for joining us. And um, do you want to leave these girls with some a little piece of wisdom that you've gotten?

SPEAKER_02 36:23

Oh, you know what? Okay, this is this is something God keeps highlighting to me is um reading an uh I think it was it was either first or second Peter, so I can't quote the exact exact scripture, but it said, um, the enemy likes to attack the weakened spirit, um, children and the isolated.

SPEAKER_00 36:42

Weakened spirit children and isolated. I want to go back and read that. I I will find, yes, and I also but you know you can Google and you can find verses, yeah, and then get a Bible app and read it in maybe more than one translation to really uh seek the Lord to know those verses. But that's a good one because I learned this week that it was that Satan is always trying to have evil touch us. Oh my gosh, I did not want his little evil touching us, but I never thought about it that way.

SPEAKER_02 37:16

So go on. And so my biggest thing, and and I'm like, and I like I said, community, and um and and I will say when I am in community, when I'm not isolating myself, but I'm because it's so easy to do, you know, especially in this world, and even you know, like everything you can order your groceries to your door, and and and so to or motherhood can feel isolating sometimes is when you are in community, it helps me, if it's the right community, it helps you not to be weak in stuff spirit, like those, you know, you and like my my friends and and and yeah, the other girls that's your coach that you're yeah, it's a great thing, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:52

And then your friends at home that are taking care of your helping homeschool, my girl to speak so when you're surrounded with people that are speaking the word over you, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 38:01

Wow, it just really changes a lot of things. Yeah, so that's my my biggest words of wisdom is don't isolate.

SPEAKER_00 38:09

Um surround yourself with women that love God and love you, yeah. Don't don't hang around with the ones that are needing to gossip because I mean love them for sure, but that's not where you spend your time. Get in places where you're edified and up with it. I love that. That's why.

SPEAKER_02 38:29

Because no matter what season, I mean, I know we covered a lot of different conversations, but but um today, but you know, no matter what that season is, whether it's a vision that God's put on your heart, a marriage, you know, situation you're going through, you know, try if you're you know, your season of motherhood or you know, whatever it is that you're good or bad, um, if you're with the right community with godly women who are encouraging and everything and holding on. And then suddenly, when I'm saying like godly, I'm like, either you're sitting there complaining and they're like, okay, but here's the scripture. And that gives you truth and grace. It's not like let's stop. Truth and grace. Yes, yes. Then it's like, man, that that seriously, that does not make you weak in strength. That makes you strong in spirit. It does. Oh, it's so good. Yeah, it is good.

SPEAKER_00 39:12

Okay, well, let's pray. Would you like to start and then I might finish, but uh, mine not?

SPEAKER_02 39:16

Yeah, no, no, it's fine. All right, Heavenly Father, God, I just thank you, God. I thank you for friendships, God. I thank you for relationships for our family, our children, our husbands, God. God, I thank you. Um, just that we edify each other and strengthen each other, that you bring these relationships into our life, Father God, for a purpose and for a reason. God, and um, we just thank you for your goodness. Yes. You're just such a good, good father, and you watch over us. Um, all in your heavenly name we pray.

SPEAKER_00 39:43

Amen.