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Psalm chapter 113, verse 9.

He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

This verse has particular meaning in my family's life, and some have heard me share

this before, but this is the story of our family of my wife, Heather and I walking through

many years of infertility and longing for children and God not providing in the way we were longing, at least

in the time frame we had in our minds. And so year after year, it was just agonizing to pray.

God, you've given us a desire for children. Why are you not providing in this way?

Please provide in this way. And for those prayers to seemingly not be answered. Well, fast forward,

we have six kids today, four of whom are adopted. God has formed our family in a way we never could have fathomed. And I remember

after we had adopted our first son, and then Heather, a couple weeks later, found out that she was

pregnant. And nine months later, we had our second son, and we were there in the hospital room, and we read

Psalm 113, verse 9, he gives the barren woman home, making her the joyous mother of children.

We just praised God for how he had been faithful all throughout all those years of waiting,

and how he was providing now in a way we never could

have imagined. And I just want to lead us to pray specifically for God's provision in the lives

of everyone whose desire for children has not been fulfilled in the way they hoped, at least not right now.

And obviously I can't guarantee and God doesn't guarantee in his word that every story is

going to end like my family's story or I can't guarantee that God's going to provide in this way

or that way.

But I just think about many people, many couples, as well as many single

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