This conversation I have with my friend Sylvia is one I've been wanting to share for a while. She tells the story of how fear and anxiety almost led her and her family into a polygamist offshoot religion... and the quiet moment at a friend's doorway that brought her back. Sylvia has six kids, homeschools, and has learned to hear God in a way that's woven through her ordinary days.
My friend Sylvia is a mother of six, a homeschooling mom, and someone who has been showing up to the Receive Experience call in the mornings. What I love about her story is the honesty of it... she's not pretending she always heard God clearly. She walks us through what it actually felt like to swallow a lie, to feel God's love drain out of her, and then to feel that first little ping of the Spirit returning.
Here's what we explore:
▪️What it feels like to reach "sideways instead of up" to God
▪️The subtle moment of choice she missed before going down a path of fear
▪️How logic helped her reason her way back to a loving God
▪️The story of Ruth and what it taught her about being led
▪️A simple practice for hearing God in the small things (yes, even pancake batter)
▪️How Sylvia partners with God in parenting six kids and homeschooling
▪️Why God's voice never sounds like condemnation, and what to listen for instead
If something in this conversation stirs something in you, I just invite you to sit with it. And if you want to start practicing hearing God for yourself, the Hearing God Challenge is a great place to begin.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:31 When I Almost Joined a Polygamist Community
03:34 Reaching Sideways Instead of Up to God
05:25 The Subtle Moment I Felt God's Love Drain Out of Me
08:36 The Dinner and the Sentence That Brought Me Back
10:41 How Logic Helped Me Believe God Is Love Again
14:13 Learning to Partner With God in Parenting
19:16 What the Story of Ruth Taught Me About Being Led
26:35 Hearing God in Sensations, Pancakes, and Everyday Life
33:11 Why Condemnation Isn't God's Voice
