Everlasting God, You, the Creator of the universe, are with me and for me. You are all I need! When I feel as if something is lacking, it’s because I’m not connecting with You at a deep level. You offer me abundant Life. Help me respond to Your abundance by receiving Your blessings gratefully —…
An Unconventional Mother
I suppose most little girls think at some point that they will grow up, get married and have children. At least they did in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I know I did. But those best laid plan were never to be. Isn’t there an old Yiddish saying that goes “man plans and God laughs?…
The Hidden Way: Becoming a Friend of God
Wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her. — Matthew 26:13 NIV The darkness of the Christmas Eve sky contrasted with the streets below, all of them aflame. Strings of multicolored lights and inflatable snowmen and light-skinned Marys and Josephs lit the night.…
Winter and Spring: God Is Good
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Sit & Listen Saturday featuring Devotionals Daily audio devotions. Enjoy reading as well as listening to your devotional today from Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet by Sara Hagerty. As Nate and I celebrate twelve years since the day that little boy in big-boy skin asked that naive wee thing to marry…
Plant Your Seeds
Faith in Action When we told our close friends and family that we were pregnant and that we still felt called to adopt, many people thought we were crazy and cautioned us to reconsider the timing. But Ari and I held fast to an unexplainable, unwavering faith that this was God’s plan. This plan didn’t…
Adoption: We Are Chosen
For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan from before the beginning of time — to show us His grace through Christ Jesus. — 2 Timothy 1:9 For the past year John and I have been praying…
The Beauty of Adoption: I Prayed for You
Adoption is a beautiful thing. Giving a child a family means giving them hope, love, and belonging. Thats’s what God wants for all of us. Adoption was His idea, and God’s ideas are all good. He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.…
Haiti: God Gives a Whole New Life Purpose
The next day, whenever I was quiet, my fear rose up again as it had during the previous night when I’d heard the voodoo drums in the dark. So I tried to stay busy: I prayed and wrote in my journal, and I kept watching the neighborhood from the roof. I felt as though I was waiting, but for what?…
Nurturing Your Marriage During Adoption
After a new child comes home, it can be tricky to figure out how to nurture both the new relationship with your child and the existing relationship with your partner. People these days tend to think that going out on dates with your spouse is an essential part of a healthy relationship. New moms sometimes feel pressured to…
The Adoption Journey: Parenting Resistant Kids
Many mommas go into adoption with the idea that after a year or two of newness, kids will settle in and life will get back to normal. A new normal, surely, but something that feels comfortable and livable. Even parenting kids somewhere in the middle of the “difficulty” spectrum can drain a parent’s emotional energy…
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