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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 56 www.fbgwoman.com 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 Woman TEXAS FREDERICKSBURG