studying the word, I realized I was not damaged goods by default, and what was missing was my father,

not my earthly father that I thought I'd been longing for this whole time, but my heavenly father.

God loved me more than I could ever dream or imagine, and he was just waiting for me with open arms,

like a perfect father would, just waiting for me to open arms like a perfect father would.

Just waiting for me to come home.

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women are gathering in homes across the country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus.

I'm Katie Dine.

I'm Robin Cowen.

And I'm Lindy Walker.

And we are your podcast host.

Welcome back and we're excited to be here with another story of the hope found in Jesus.

And if you have not joined us over on Patreon, you can become an insider and be in the room.

We are now putting all of our stories from our live gatherings on Patreon.

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subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at storytellerslive.org. We want you to be a part of

the community. Before we get to today's story, I want to tell you about two opportunities that we

have for you to jump in on a Finding God in the Details Workshop. We are so excited about these. If you have not attended one or you've thought about it, this is not a place where you need to write your story, but this is an opportunity for you to sit and find where the Lord has shown up in your life. And they're amazing. We have so much great feedback, but you can go to storytellerslap.org to sign up, or you can go in the show notes, and we would love for you to join us. All right, today we have Miranda Andrews from Tupelo, Mississippi. I love when I get to say I was in the room when she shared. And so it's always really special then to come back and record those episodes. And before we even start talking about Miranda's story, well, you're going to

hear her talk about her family. But one week after this story, her dad passed away. And it was very

unexpected. And I remember getting that phone call from the team of how do we love her well and

encourage her? And we have decided, and she asked that we would dedicate this story to her dad. And so

once you hear this story, it will be

very meaningful to you that that's what we're going to do. And we also want you to know as listeners

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