48. When God rescripts our lives for “The Greater Story” with Sam Collier
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 5 November 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
It’s November, and that means it’s National Adoption Month.
If you know anything about me, you know that foster care and adoption completely changed the trajectory of my family’s life. As this month marks the three-year “gotcha day” for our sweet little guy, I’m still overwhelmed by God’s goodness in allowing our family to participate in the amazing gift of adoption.
In keeping with the November adoption theme, I’m thrilled to have Sam Collier with us today on Pardon the Mess. Sam shares his own adoption story and how, even in the midst of opposition, God was writing a story Sam never could have written in his own strength.
I can’t stop thinking about the stories he shares about his adoptive family, meeting his biological parents on The Steve Harvey Show, and what it looked like for him to forego his own music dreams for a ministry calling.
In all those places where you need a reminder that God’s in the business of giving us life to its fullest, we’ve got the podcast for you. Don’t miss Sam Collier’s encouragement to trust our own stories to the God who rescripts all things in favor of his greater story.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:03.0 | This is Cynthia Yannoff and you're listening to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:15.5 | Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. |
| 0:21.6 | It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical. Life is messy. Don't walk the parenting road alone. |
| 0:31.5 | Hey friends, welcome to Pardon the Mess. Glad you're joining us today. It is November, which is |
| 0:37.4 | National Adoption Month. And if you know |
| 0:39.5 | anything about me and my family, we are really big on adoption and foster care, very near and dear to |
| 0:45.6 | our hearts. And so I'm thankful that we are kicking off November by talking to Sam Collier. And Sam Collier |
| 0:51.1 | has an amazing adoption story. He was born into a biological situation with drugs, |
| 0:56.7 | with poverty, and was adopted. And his story of God rescripting his life is amazing. |
| 1:02.9 | Here's a little spoiler alert. When his adoptive parents went to consider adopting he and a sister, |
| 1:07.7 | they were told that they might not want those two kids |
| 1:11.3 | because they probably won't amount to much. And look how God proved that wrong. He's just got an |
| 1:16.1 | amazing ministry. Sam's now a pastor, a speaker, a writer, host of a greater story with Sam Collier. |
| 1:21.5 | It's a TV show and radio podcast that airs in more than 100 million homes. A hundred million. |
| 1:27.0 | And so what I love about Sam is that |
| 1:29.1 | he just has a word not only just for those who are going through adoption or have been adopted, |
| 1:33.8 | but for everybody about God rescripting our lives for his bigger purposes. And so as we kick |
| 1:38.9 | off November, I would just love on a personal note for everyone just to pray for adoption and |
| 1:43.3 | foster care, what that means |
| 1:44.3 | in your life. I don't believe that everybody is called into that lane, but I believe lots of us |
| 1:49.8 | are that haven't taken that leap. And I also believe we're all called to help in some way, |
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