Hello, my name is Sochild Dixon.

I share about a personal moment that changed my life in today's encouragement from our daily bread.

God uses our stories.

I opened the memory box and pulled out a small silver lapel pin, the exact size and shape

of a 10-week unborn baby's feet.

Caressing the 10 tiny toes, I remembered the loss of my first pregnancy, and those who said I was lucky I wasn't that far along.

I grieved, knowing that my baby's feet were as real as the heart that once beat inside my womb.

I thanked God for freeing me from depression and using my story to comfort others who were grieving after losing a child.

More than two decades after my miscarriage, my husband and I name child we lost, Kai, which in some languages means rejoice.

Though I still ache from my loss, I thank God for healing my heart and using my story to help others.

The writer of Psalm 107 rejoiced in God's established character and saying, give thanks to the Lord,

for he is good. His love endures forever. He urged the redeemed of the Lord to tell their

story, to give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.

He offered hope with a promise that God alone satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry

with good things. No one can escape grief or affliction,

even those who've been redeemed

through Christ's sacrifice on the cross.

We can, however, experience God's mercy

as he uses our stories

to point others to his redeeming love.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 107, verses 1 to 9.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

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