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191. Don’t Waste Your Cross: How Can God Use Your Suffering? | Kristen Dean

Warrior Words | Stories of Hope | Finding Beauty After Battles & Thriving After Surviving Trauma

Welcome to Episode 191 of the Warrior Words podcast! This week I had the opportunity to sit down with a mom. A mom like many of us who struggles to know if she's raising her kids right. Will they live out what she taught them? Or will the world's weeds take root?But what happens when one or more of those children start to question, or outright reject, the faith in which they've been raised?Kristen and I talk about how this is playing out in her own life right now. And we end up talking about control. Similar to last week, when we talked about controlling everything surrounding conceiving children, this week we discuss continuing that control through childhood and into the teenage years.This seems to be a pattern.But Kristen sought wise counsel from her priests, and she was given some very profound ~ and sometimes painful ~ wisdom.Listen in to hear how control rears its ugly head in our parenting, and how one mom is learning not to waste her cross. Learn more about Kristen: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choppinwoodpod/ Podcast: Choppin' Wood - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/choppin-wood-podcast/id1864281221 Donate to the Star of the Sea Guild through our fiscal sponsor! https://raisedonors.com/xaviermissionfund/star-of-the-sea-guild Armor Up. Fight the Good Fight. Seek Beauty. Make Your Words Warrior Words. Merch Store: https://heather-clr-shop.fourthwall.com Warrior Words News: https://subscribepage.io/pearlsofwisdom YT: https://www.youtube.com/@beautyafterbattlesart YT: https://www.youtube.com/@warriorwords IG: https://www.instagram.com/mywarriorwords/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/heathergaffneyauthor/ People and sponsors/affiliates who helped make this podcast possible. Please support them and help keep Warrior Words on the air! Editor & Music Composer: AgentSecret24 - https://www.youtube.com/@Agentsecret24 Gabriella Batel's Editing Services: https://bonepiercer.com/editing/first-chapter-packages/ 1st Phorm for your Health Goals (aff): https://1stphorm.sjv.io/K01j3e Catholic Owned (aff): Get 10% off any Business membership with my code WARRIOR at https://catholicowned.com/ Warrior Words Amazon Store (aff): For items I use, recommend, or love! https://a.co/d/06usyTGd NOTE: Beliefs, practices, and opinions expressed by guests of the Warrior Words podcast are not necessarily the same as those of the host. One of the purposes of this podcast is to share stories. This cannot be effective if everyone is identical. * Links marked with (aff) are affiliate links. I receive a small commission with your purchase at no additional cost to you if you click through my links.