The Gift of Emmanuel - God with Us - Jill Wiggins' Story :: [Episode 166]
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StoryTellers Live
4.9 • 613 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Jill Wiggins, from Birmingham, Alabama, vulnerably shares about the gift of God's grace through the beauty and the struggles of raising a child with autism.
As a gifted writer and eloquent speaker, Jill paints a beautiful picture of a Father who longs to wrap His arms around you and bring you out of the shadows and into His glorious light. It's the perfect story for this Christmas season!
Resources:
Key Ministry - keyministry.org
Engaging Disability - engagingdisability.org
Parent Assistance League - (AL) 1-866-962-3030
Today, on Patreon, we are thrilled to offer a "Dig Deeper" audio devotion related to Jill's story and how Emmanuel, God with us should stagger the imagination!
Listen in as Katie takes us through the true meaning of Christmas and how that silent night changed everything.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | For years, I wrote Christmas cards, and I sent them out because once Tripp was diagnosed, |
| 0:09.3 | I thought, this is a way that I can share with my friends, the presence of Emmanuel. |
| 0:14.3 | God is with us. In the midst of raising a kid with autism, I can share with them the good news of the major and that God is with us. |
| 0:23.8 | Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women share stories of hope. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Robin, and I am here with Katie and Lindy and we are your podcast host. |
| 0:33.4 | Today, we are bringing you a story from Jill Wiggins, who sat in my den and shared her story live with our Vestavia gathering. |
| 0:41.7 | And first of all, it's so brave. |
| 0:43.6 | Second, she gives an insight into her family dynamic of living with a child with special needs. |
| 0:50.2 | And really what that looks like day in and day out. |
| 0:53.1 | But where we were so surprised is she took this in the direction of Christmas, and this was not recorded in the Christmas season. And we heard it. We knew instantly that this needed to be our Christmas episode before the end of the year. You know, one thing that Jill says is as you were talking about Robin, she so vulnerably shares about the hard. But she also talks |
| 1:12.6 | about the sunshine of God's grace. I loved that imagery that she gave us. And then she talks about |
| 1:18.0 | the beauty that knowing that God is with us. That's why we titled this, Emmanuel God with us. |
| 1:23.9 | I'm thrilled to have an audio devotion on this on Patreon. I'm going to dig into this concept |
| 1:29.4 | of what that really means, what that baby in a manger meant to the world and how it changed, |
| 1:35.6 | honestly, everything. So I hope that you go to Patreon and join today if you're not a member |
| 1:40.6 | and listen and just get in the Christmas spirit, focus in on what the real |
| 1:44.7 | reason for the season is. Here's still. As we wrap up 2021 Storytellers Live community, we are so |
| 1:52.0 | thankful for you, our listeners. And we would just like to humbly ask that as you think about |
| 1:56.9 | your personal year-end giving, would you consider making a financial donation to storytellers |
| 2:02.3 | live? This will go to us expanding into new communities through live gatherings in 2022. |
| 2:08.2 | It will also help fund our podcast as we continue to reach women with stories of hope. |
| 2:14.2 | We have big dreams for 2022. Katie's writing our second Bible study, and we also want to |
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