After our first pregnancy, we learned our lesson. We weren’t going to pretend that we could plan our family. We weren’t going to continue thinking we could do it on our own. We were going to trust God for whoever and whenever they would come. When we dreamed of adding a new baby, we trusted
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As a young married couple, we had decided to begin a family. My heart soared with excitement. I was ready. I had an annual doctor appointment and I excitedly told her that we were going to start trying for a family. I expected the returned excitement, maybe even congratulations. However, her reply was, “if you
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The summer after we moved into our new house I was doing a bible study with some friends on Prayer by O. Halesby. One particular Wednesday morning of the study sticks out to me. As I lugged the kids to church that morning, I could not have guessed how God would use what I was
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I find myself standing in the present looking back at many milestones along the way. I can see moments, almost tangible, that stick with me as lessons I have learned. Sometimes I forget to look back. Sometimes I forget the lessons I have learned or what God has done for me. I need to be
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