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Jose, chapter 14, verse 3, in you, the orphan finds mercy. I love this verse. This verse has a

special place in my life and my family. Some people have heard me share the story of our family

over the last few months when God had put on my heart and my wife Heather's heart through reading

Psalm 127 and children being a blessing from the Lord heritage. Blessed is the man,

woman whose quiver is full of children and God opened our hearts to begin a new adoption process

and that led months later to receiving word about a beautiful birth mom who was about to give birth to

a baby girl. And when we heard about this birth mom, the first thing we heard is that she was

going to give birth to this baby girl, but she already had a name picked out for her little girl.

And Heather and I heard that and we're like, well, that's kind of a bummer because for years,

we had said if we ever had another little girl, we would love to name her mercy. And it's not

the most common name. So we said, well, that's obviously not a deal breaker. We want to find out more

about this birth mom. And so we did. And as soon as we got more information about this birth mom,

we read down about all kinds of things about her and got to the end and read where she said,

I really want my baby girl to be named mercy. And from that point on, we knew God was up to something.

And so about a month later, mercy was born and she was placed in our care when she was two days old

and months later, she officially became our daughter. And I'm so grateful. And so many ways

for this birth mom and her brave, bold, courageous decision to make sure that mercy was cared for

in the best way possible. Praise God for her birth dad, whose image bearer of God for many people

who helped in many ways in this process. And ultimately, I praise God because in him, we all

find mercy. That's that's the picture in Hosea chapter 14 verse three. And specifically here,

and you the orphan finds mercy, I think about so many children around the world who are in need

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