God uses our stories, not only to help others see who he is, but to draw them to himself.

Here's Heidi Joe Falk.

Many more believed because of what he said, and they told the woman, we no longer believe because of what you said,

since we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the savior of the world.

That's what my mission is.

When they hear this story of me and what God has done in my life,

I don't want them to believe just because of my testimony.

I want that to drive them to His Word and to know it for themselves because of what he says.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For April 16th, 2021, I'm Dana Gresh.

Oh, Nancy, yesterday was a many-tissues-required broadcast as we heard the story of Heidi Joe Fulke.

Yeah, and the challenge of trusting God with a story that she didn't script, she wouldn't have scripted, nobody would have scripted for themselves through a diagnosis with a brain tumor at the age of 23, early married, first teaching job.

And then the loss of the first pregnancy, the loss of that child.

We had to close it yesterday.

We didn't even get to the unfolding of the rest of this story.

I've been hearing this story for the first time, and I'm so touched by how God gave Heidi and her husband grace to trust him in a way that they'd never been challenged to before.

You don't really know how you're going to respond until you're there.

But now as they look back and they see the mercy of God and the kindness of God in enabling them to respond, trusting him to write their story, it's amazing.

If you miss the first part of this story, be sure to listen in our archives at Revive Our Hearts.com to what we heard yesterday.

Heidi, Joe, welcome back to Revive our hearts. Thanks so much, Dana and

Nancy, so grateful to be able to continue this conversation with you both. You know, we ended

yesterday with you kind of in the middle of your story, choosing to proclaim God's goodness,

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