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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, at least thought it, I think I would have said it.

Like adoption is kind of second best since we couldn't have children. would have

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

what 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. we read together

Psalm 113 verse

He gives the Baron woman a home

making her the joyous mother of children. and we just

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