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Psalm chapter 113, verse 9.

He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

Whenever I read this verse, I think about the birth of our second son.

So some of you may know, some of my story, my family story.

Many of you probably don't, but my wife, Heather and I for many years long to have children and God was not

providing in the way we were hoping and it was a faith journey for sure very heavy just month

after month after month praying for God to provide and not seeing him

provide and wondering if we were ever going to have children.

And he used that journey in our lives to lead us down a path of adoption, which I would

probably have said at the time.

I at least thought it.

I think I would have said it.

Like adoption is kind of second best, since we couldn't have children biologically,

we kind of adopt is second best.

We learned real quick, though, that adoption was just as best.

And we, by God's grace, had the pure joy of adopting our first son, Caleb, from Kazakhstan.

And then we came back and a couple weeks later found out that Heather was pregnant.

And nine months later, our second son, Joshua, was born.

And we were there in the hospital room getting ready. Heather,

just hours from then, was about to give birth to Joshua. And we read together, Psalm 113, verse 9,

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