Leah Combs Last week you read about how the Lord altered Leah’s adoption dreams into an opportunity to love locally. Find out how God continued to weave together the lives of broken people into a beautiful masterpiece! Baby Caleb After adopting Judah in November of 2015 and knowing his brother would not be joining us, …
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LIGHT
Perhaps you’re a bit like me the day after Christmas. There’s always a bit of bittersweetness as I recognize that all the lovely lights and garland, the glittering balls and the shimmering tree, are all soon to come down. I just love how my home looks at Christmas time – it’s warm, it’s cozy, it’s …
WAITING FOR TWO (Part 1)
Leah Combs Part 1 My husband Rusty and I only dated and were engaged for 8 months, but in that time we both had in our hearts that adoption was something the Lord had called us to do. Initially, we had thought that Africa would be the place that would provide the pitter-patter of little …
LOVE
“As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. “I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your …
LOVE CAME DOWN AND SET ME FREE
Abbie Kampman Hi friends. Many of you may have already tuned in to my interview with Jamie Ivey (episode #168 on The Happy Hour podcast). If you haven’t listened, feel free to do so for further background on my story and the transformational journey God has taken me on. This summer, I set out on …
JOY
“For you have made me rejoice, Lord, by what you have done; I will shout for joy because of the works of your hands.” Psalm 92:4 “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more because the previous things have passed …
THAT I MAY DECLARE HIS WORKS
Abigail Brown I would not be the person I am today without the Lord, but I also would not be the young woman I am without the training, loving discipline, countless prayers, and much encouragement from my parents. I was born in 1993. Family photos show me as a cute, chubby little toddler while my …
PEACE
Imagine joining your closest friends in a late night sail boat ride, there is this one friend who is an expert sailor, wise and sharp. He leads everyone on the boat and already everyone feels safe and care free because of the expert on board with them to guide and direct the boat. Nothing to …
THE POWER OF PRAYER
Sarah Slanzi Your hand is on the door, you’re ready to call to it quits. The tear stains on your pillow are the unspoken evidence of sleepless nights as your heart stung with the loss of what you had hoped your marriage would be. You were sad, then angry, then sad again, and now you …
HOPE
If we look all the way back to the very beginning, God gave His people something to hope for. You may not associate hope with the Fall of Adam and Eve. In that moment, the curse of sin swept over God’s perfect creation, and death and damnation became the fate of all humanity. Adam and …
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