Laura Rowe:: Love is a Verb: A Foster Care Story :: [Episode 278]
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4.9 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
When Laura Rowe, of our Fairhope community, became unsteady in her own plans, she and her family began simply saying yes to the next thing. Now serving as foster parents, they care for children, minister to mothers, and live out love as a verb.
Listen and learn how, in Laura's words, "Doing God's work is not always pretty, but what it accomplishes is beautiful." Plus, don't miss our bonus guest—the mother of children whom Laura has fostered!
In this episode, you will learn:
– Instead of seeking God's hand, start seeking his heart.
– Wondering what His plans are? Say yes to God today, and see where it takes you.
– Keep saying yes, and you may find yourself living a life you never expected and loving it.
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| 0:00.0 | You are enough the way a loaf of bread and five fish were enough. |
| 0:08.0 | And that is what that experience was for me. |
| 0:12.0 | What I brought to the table wasn't me. |
| 0:15.0 | But I had Jesus, and he never left me, and he surrounded me. It is his comfort and his peace, but it's also his people. |
| 0:27.5 | Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope found in Jesus. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm Robin, and I'm here with Katie and Lindy, and we are your podcast host. |
| 0:37.2 | Today, we are bringing you a story from our Fair Hope community, and this is Laura Rowe. |
| 0:42.1 | Well, Robin and Lindy, Laura's story is one of saying yes to God, but it's also one of surrendering |
| 0:47.7 | your agenda and your expectations in the process. |
| 0:50.9 | Laura shares her journey as a foster parent, but it's so much more than that and that it |
| 0:55.4 | gives us such a clear understanding of how the foster care system works and how it truly is a |
| 1:00.3 | picture of how she says, God calling his children to help his children. And stick around until |
| 1:06.4 | the end of the story because you get a little bit of a two stories for the price of one as one of the |
| 1:11.7 | birth moms that Laura was paired with shares some of her story as well. I cannot wait for you to hear |
| 1:16.3 | it. Yes, and now that summer is in full swing, we want to just remind you of a great Bible study |
| 1:22.3 | opportunity that when God shows up series is available on website, and you could do stories of hope or |
| 1:28.5 | stories of freedom as a personal study this summer. |
| 1:32.1 | When God Shows Up series is a unique podcast-driven Bible study, but it really allows you to |
| 1:37.1 | answer questions and dig into God's words. |
| 1:39.9 | So don't miss it. |
| 1:40.8 | Visit our shop at storytellerslive.org or scroll down and click the link in our show |
| 1:45.6 | notes. Here's Laura. I'm very honored and humbled to get to share a little bit about what God |
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