Tag: birthmother

This Time Next Year

***This story is a finalist in the 2023 Selah Awards (Devotions in Print).*** “Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”(Genesis 18:14–ESV) By this time next…

Trust Me!

(***Read to the end for a special announcement.***) “Then God said, “Take your son… whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you” (Genesis 22:2 NIV). “All I want for Christmas is a…

Birthmother — Such a Beautiful Name

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy… (Psalm 30:11).  Tomorrow, many women will celebrate how — through the arrival of a child, that glorious gain that’s both beautifully life-changing and heart-enlarging (and yes, sometimes excruciatingly heart-wrenching) — a new…