One unplanned pregnancy and the God-sized story that followed with Amy Ford - Story 3
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Week 3 of our Summer of Stories series! For the next 10 weeks, you will hear one powerful story after another. We are featuring 10 stories of incredible moms that have endured significant challenges. Through these stories, we pray you will remember that God is faithful and always with you through life’s most challenging moments.
I need everyone to take a massive deep breath before listening. And listen to the entire episode, not just the first few minutes. This is not a political episode. This is a story of one incredible mom, Amy Ford, that chose to keep her baby boy after an unplanned pregnancy and the God-sized story that followed.
My favorite part is when she shares about her love for the women that walk with the shame of abortion. She is for all women and all stories. And she walks closely with women who have endured every part of the unplanned pregnancy journey.
I am praying deeply that this story reaches an untold number of women and heals their hearts in a special way. And that we may join together and support women with unplanned pregnancies in the way God would. That we would love them deeply.
Don't forget to share this episode with women in your community that need encouragement and healing around unplanned pregnancies.
In this episode we chat about:
- Amy’s unplanned pregnancy
- Amy’s encouragement for those who live with shame of abortion
- How to create a safe and supportive church environment with unplanned pregnancies
- How to turn towards God in some of life’s biggest mistakes or struggles
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Amy's Family
03:34
The Love Box and Volunteer Opportunities
06:08
The Rejection from a Pastor and the Healing Journey
09:21
The Impact of Amy's Story on Her Son
14:35
Creating a Safe and Supportive Church Environment
19:28
Healing and Hope After Abortion
22:26
Creating Safe Spaces in Churches for Unexpected Pregnancies
26:34
Taking Small Steps of Obedience
29:15
Celebrating Women Who Turn Towards God
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Welcome to Pardon the Mess. I'm your host, Courtney Defeo. On this podcast, we chat about |
| 0:11.9 | parenting and faith and all the messy and wonderful things in between. I'm like you. I'm a mom with |
| 0:16.3 | great days and hard days. I can go from laughing and loving it to crying and thinking I'm the worst |
| 0:21.5 | parent in the world. Do you ever feel like that? Well, I love this podcast because I get to simply |
| 0:26.4 | interview experts and guests and other parents that help spur me on in this journey. I really |
| 0:32.0 | want to raise kids that know love and follow Jesus and that journey can be hard. So you're not |
| 0:36.4 | alone. Did you know that part in |
| 0:38.1 | the mess is a part of the Christian Parenting Network? Christian Parenting is a nonprofit that was |
| 0:42.5 | created to give you the practical and spiritual help that you need on as many platforms and as many |
| 0:47.3 | ways as possible. So we want your help to get the word out. Can you do three things for us? One, |
| 0:52.5 | subscribe or follow on this show, two, |
| 0:54.9 | leave a review. And the last thing is, would you share an episode with your friends or on social |
| 0:58.8 | media? That will help us get the word out and equip more parents in this journey of parenting |
| 1:04.1 | with faith in mind. I want to tell you about this summer. We have a new series called Summer of |
| 1:08.8 | Stories, and it's simply that. It is 10 stories |
| 1:11.2 | in 10 weeks. Every week, there's going to be a mom that comes on and bravely shares their story, |
| 1:15.5 | and some of these are really hard topics. And so I think you'll feel seen because a lot of times |
| 1:19.9 | on podcasts, we share just the good side. We said share inspiring and encouraging things, |
| 1:24.5 | and you can leave feeling defeated like is anyone else out there struggling? |
| 1:28.4 | So you'll hear from a mom that lost her son, a mom who experienced a miracle, a mom managing |
| 1:33.2 | a child with an eating disorder, and much, much more. So although they're heavy topics, I don't |
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