I was on a walk telling God what my kids needed. He stopped me mid-sentence and said five words that changed everything.

For years after my divorce I was terrified I was going to give my children the same experience I had growing up.

I watched my own parents spend forty years unable to be in the same room. I knew what that cost. I did not want to give that to my kids. So I held on in my marriage longer than I should have. And when I finally found myself on the other side of it — I gripped harder. I prayed harder. I managed harder.

And God, on a walk, stopped me.

“They are mine before they are yours.”

Five words. And in an instant — humbled and at peace at the same time.

In this episode I’m sharing three things:

The rebuke that changed my job description as a parent. What it looked like to stay surrendered through years of waiting when the circumstances didn’t change. And the moment — in a hospital room — when God kept the word He gave me on that walk.

There is also something about 2 Timothy 1:5 in the close that I have not shared anywhere before. Paul credits one of the greatest ministries in the New Testament to two women. No father mentioned. No intact family structure. Just a grandmother and a mother who were faithful.

Your faithfulness is enough. Not your perfection. Not your control. Your faithfulness.

If you are carrying the weight of your children’s spiritual outcomes, if you are the only one showing up consistently and you are exhausted by it — this episode is for you.

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THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:

You feel like you are the only one fighting for your children spiritually.

You are terrified of repeating the co-parenting patterns you watched growing up.

You are trying to stay surrendered but the circumstances are not changing and the waiting is exhausting.

You have been confusing stewardship with ownership — and the weight of it is crushing you.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCED

Psalm 139:13-16 · Deuteronomy 6:6-7 · Lamentations 3:22-23 · Isaiah 49:15-16 · Psalm 46:10 · Joshua 24:15 · 2 Timothy 1:5

CHAPTER MARKERS

0:00 — God stopped me mid-sentence

1:30 — The rebuke that changed my job description

5:00 — What the waiting actually looked like

9:30 — The moment He proved it was true

12:30 — What your actual job is

14:30 — You are not failing them

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co-parenting after divorce • Christian single mom • divorced Christian women • healing after divorce • surrendering your children to God • co-parenting peace • single mom faith • beyond believing podcast • Katie Anne coach • Selah Healing

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