Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

It's miraculous grace, grace upon God's kind grace, that you are here, that you are alive in this

moment.

My fine farmer husband, and I'm going to pause to clarify, I once shared in Australia,

and those dear Aussie women,

after I'd spent the whole afternoon sharing about my farmer husband,

were so concerned for me

and my former husband.

So I'm here in Indianapolis

to say, my farmer husband and I,

we have seven kids. And our youngest little one, teeny tiny nine-year-old Shiloh,

when Shiloh wakes up in the morning, she comes and she finds me. She crawls up on my lap,

and I kiss her forehead, and I always say to her,

Honey, today is not just a good day, it's a grace day. And then she whispers back to be alive.

Because Shiloh, Shiloh was born with a congenital heart defect,

and she has come through three open heart surgeries,

and if the Lord doesn't dramatically intervene otherwise,

Shiloh's heart will begin to fail,

and she will need a new heart, a heart transplant.

So we know in every fiber of our being, every single day, today is not just a good day.

Today is a grace day, a gift day from God to be alive.

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