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Welcome to the Surrendered Hearts Book category space. This collection contains all the resources, deep dive content, and reflections tied to my award-winning book, Surrendered Hearts: An Adoption Story of Love, Loss, and Learning to Trust. Our international adoption journey was a grit-filled, beautiful, and testing season that turned our lives upside down—but it became the exact crucible God used to teach us that true peace only follows when we lay down our version of how a story should unfold. Whether you are an adoptive parent navigating the grinding red tape of a long wait, or someone wrestling with control, fear, and unmet expectations in your own life, these posts offer the encouragement, free printables, and biblical truths you need to let go and watch God make the impossible possible.
As the new year begins, I think most of us feel the pressure to do, be, or make something new. Maybe it’s a new set of goals … or walking forward with victory instead of being stuck in a cycle that repeats the past….
The God of Wonders It’s good to be back here in this place with you. My time away was well spent with my family, sitting courtside for a whole lot of basketball, completing a book proposal for what I hope to be my second…
Prayer changes things. As parents we want nothing more than for our children to love each other well. To grow up supporting each other and being close. As parents, the most powerful stance we can take is to pray … Even one heartfelt prayer makes all the difference.
It was several years ago I started praying this prayer. And today I see the fruit of it. A fruit greater than my imagination could create. One that has turned our family right side up.
Let’s go back ….
Hope. Such a small but powerful word – one that within its four letters holds victory or defeat for our lives. Without hope, we stop standing when difficult tomorrows attempt to push us down. Without hope our joy fades, identity disappears, and all that…
Prayer is one of my favorite topics to write about here in this space. I can’t imagine my life without bold prayers where I praise our awesome God, pour out all the contents of my heart, and petition on behalf of others. The kind…
All of life is complicated and requires direction, wisdom, and hope to survive with hands raised in victory. It wasn’t any different during the years of our adoption. We needed help to get through it victoriously. Undeniably, that unwavering help came from Scripture. Therefore,…