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Real-Life Hope
Volume 98, Program 5
6/25/2010

Do you want to make your marriage better? Rediscover the girl your husband married? Today on Home School Heartbeat, author, homeschooling mom, and wife Heidi St. John joins HSLDA President Mike Smith with encouragement for real-life change.

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Mike Smith:
Heidi, this week you’ve shared some great advice for busy homeschool moms who need to take some time and refresh their marriages. That’s a big job. Would you take a minute to bring some encouragement to those women to persevere and to see hope for the future?

Heidi St. John:
You know, the biggest encouragement that I could give is just to invite you to be real about your life: your struggles, your good times, your bad times. Stay vulnerable and soft towards the Spirit, and surround yourself with people who will encourage you and build you up as a couple, and then dig down deep.

By that, I mean you need an everyday, strong, growing relationship with the Lord Jesus to successfully navigate the homeschool years and cultivate a healthy marriage. If we’re going to remain faithful to finish the course that God has laid for us, then we’ve got to be rooted in His Word and committed to the covenant of marriage.

Homeschooling is challenging, but I encourage you, look beyond the homeschool years. When they’re over, what will you have? By God’s grace, your husband will look into the eyes of you and rejoice in the wife of his youth, because when he sees you, he’ll see That Girl. Ask God to give you a love song that will last a lifetime. And when you do, I think you'll discover that the best is yet to come.

Mike:

Heidi, that’s a great message for all the moms listening. Thank you so much for joining us this week! And until next time, I’m Mike Smith.

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