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“The way to shape a child’s heart is through love. And the way to shape a child’s mind is through literature. When you read to a child, you accomplish both.”
There is purpose in the waiting,
Every adoption story looks different, but every one of our children joined our family on the perfect day. God is always on time.”
Without hope, life feels so empty.”
I knew it in the same way I knew God was still in the business of answering the prayers of His children.
Apparently God had an epic sense of humor.
don’t think it’s possible for us to measure the impact one person can have on another, but I do believe that offering hope to someone without it is invaluable.”
But making a difference starts with being willing to help where and how we can right now.”
My testimony can be summed up in one phrase: God’s way is rarely easy, but it’s always better than mine.”
“God doesn’t trick His children. He loves us, and everything He asks of us, or allows us to walk through, has a purpose.”
parenthood is a hamster wheel of self-denial, sacrifice, and unconditional love.”
We aren’t powerful enough to mess up God’s plan.
“The Bible says God pursues us with unfailing kindness.
What is the hard that God’s asking me to partner with Him in?
Because God’s best for us rarely comes without the stretching, and it’s in those stretching seasons, those periods of complete and utter dependence on God’s faithfulness, that He holds our hearts and molds them into a shape that only He can fill.
