Crystal Paine, a.k.a. "The Money Saving Mom" is on the podcast today!
Crystal is an amazing New York Times Bestselling Author, a wife, a mom to four biological children and a foster mom.
She shares her parenting journey with us. Don't miss it!
Quotes from the episode
“Focus on walking with your child instead of correcting them”
“It was about my reputation.”
“I cared about more about my reputation.”
“So much of it was about how I did not see myself as good enough.”
“I was parenting from that place of insecurity or not enough.”
“What would it look like to receive God’s love?”
“I had to replace a lot of lies I was believing about myself with the truth of God’s word.”
“Standing in confidence in what God thinks about me.”
“Live as loved”
“How would ‘loved me’ live?”
“I cannot whoieheartedly love my kids, when I don’t wholeheartedly feel secure.”
“It started with me calling out the lies.”
“I had believed those lies for so long, it becomes what we lead with.”
“Recognize those lies. Replace it with the truth.”
“Don’t just sit there and wallow. That’s not living as loved.”
“You can’t fail when you are faithful.”
“God doesn’t say, ‘if you have obedient kids, then your a good mom, then I love you. He says faithfulness.”
“You can’t fail if you are loving them well.”
“When we realize our children’s choices are nothing we can control.”
“We can’t save our children, but we can point them to our Savior.” Jennie Cunnion
“Live out of the love God has for us.”
“Lean in and love them well.”
“It’s not about fixing bad behavior, it’s about walking well with our children.”
“Struggle brings strength.”
“We can make our mothering idolatry.”
Connect with Crystal Paine
Instagram: @themoneysavingmom
Her web site: www.moneysavingmom.com
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