to include him in her life. After a long period
of time he signed the papers and my husband
successfully adopted her and gave her our last
name just in time to go to school!
have raised her on my own, but I took a leap of
faith and God provided me with my parents in a
renewed relationship, my husband and the joy of
a new baby girl.
My daughter has known from a small age
that she was adopted by my husband and has
accepted it. We have told her about her biological father without ever saying a bad word
about him. She is uninterested in him and
totally considers my husband her father. She
is such a joyful, loving, and smart child. I sit
and cry often to think that she almost was not
to be born. She is a blessing.
Favorite verse I say every time I am feeling
small, un-worthy, and useless: “I can do all
things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13
I call this my testimony because I have stumbled upon something I feel the Lord has asked
me to share with others that are so confused at
a scary crossroad in their life. It was not until
a few years ago that I realized that the birth of
this child was a true blessing and miracle. I
truly believe that God sent her to me knowing that if I became pregnant, I would do the
right thing. It stopped me from drinking, and
I immediately, with lots of practice became
more responsible. If God had not sent me this
child, I probably would have been a full blown
alcoholic, miserably married and without a
job. Instead, I chose to have this baby, sucked
up the embarrassment, continued with my
great job and look where it has taken me. My
husband and I have been married almost nine
years, I have recently gone back to college
and will graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in business, I am not an alcoholic
or drug addict, and best of all...I have the
smartest most beautiful nine year old in the
world!
God works in mysterious ways. He often
speaks to us and we don’t hear him, only
because we are not listening. He knew I was
not listening nor would I hear him in that time
in my life and he knew that I needed to take a
different path; the only way he could accomplish changing my ways was to send a child,
whom at one time was deemed an awful accident and burden, and show me that if we trust
in the Lord all things are possible through him.
I truly believe that God has a plan for each and
every one of us, including unborn children.
He used my daughter to save my life from
painful, miserable things. I thank him every
day and often more than once. I also speak
my favorite verse daily as a reminder that I can
do anything, including having a baby alone!
God always provides for us when we have
faith and trust in him. I was right, I could not
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Thank you for letting me share my testimony.
This is still a painful and humbling subject in my
life and has only been shared with very few. I
just felt extremely led by God to share this for
a very long time and when our church decided
to support through individual donation a community pregnancy clinic, I knew that this was the
time and God was speaking louder than I have
ever heard before! I just hope and pray that this
testimony helps someone through this scary and
trying time. I hope that it can be used in a positive way and in counseling with young women
who have difficult choices to make. I pray this
for all who may cross paths with the testimony
of my renewed faith and love for our Father in
heaven. May peace be with you and may God
bless you.
A Christmas Note From Pastor Mike Weaver
Christmas is a reminder that we can have certain peace in uncertain times. With the economy,
war, gas prices, a changing of the guard in The
White House, people all over this country are
lacking peace. There is a sense of uncertainty
because we are not totally sure of what the next
few years hold for us. We are not all sure that the
changes promised by the next President are exactly what we need. There are so many questions
yet to be answered, and unanswered questions
can cause peace to elude us.
I feel like one of the most important things that I
should do as a Pastor is to remind people that it
is all going to be OK. I know that it is, because
of Christmas. Jesus was born for our peace. He is
the Prince of Peace spoken of in Isaiah 9:6. And
in verse 7 it says that of His Government and
Peace, there shall be no end. We are told in several places in the Bible that He will never leave
us nor forsake us.
it in these times. Christmas is about the gift of
Jesus, and Jesus is about peace.
God knows the end from the beginning, and
He has a plan for His people. Jesus has Great
and Exciting plans for those of us who choose
to accept Him as our Lord and Savior. He has
plans for our future when we are not even sure
where we will be next week. His plans are high
above and beyond what we can ask, think or
imagine. You don’t have to worry about what
tomorrow holds when you know who holds
tomorrow.
We believe at Wild Ride Ministries, that God
has a plan for all of us. He has a specific thing
that only you can accomplish. He designed you
for a certain thing that no one else can ever
do. When God looks at you, He sees amazing
potential. He doesn’t see you as a mistake, and
you are not here to just exist.
When I look at all the people that God is
bringing together in Harper, I am in awe of the
potential. The Walker family is a wonderful
example of Godly potential. Cydney was the
first one in our Sunday school to learn all of the
books of the Bible. Before she was born, God
knew what she was going to do, and the Blessing that she would be to all of us. Her and her
sisters are some of the most talented children
you’ll ever meet. They are taking after there
parents, singing in the kids choir.
Peggy is involved in everything she can. She
sings on the praise team, is involved in our
ladies ministry, and keeps the church and office
clean. God knew, even when she didn’t, that
everything would soon be OK. He knew that
she could have certain peace, in her uncertain
times.
Christmas is the season for Peace, and a time
for new beginnings.
Our God has every detail of our future worked
out, and it is going to be just fine. God told Jeremiah “Before I formed you, I knew you.” The
same can be said for us, before He formed us, He
knew us. He knew the times we would be living in, and He has given us all we need to make
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