A Christmas Miracle!
Two years ago we decorated this Christmas ornament in honor of the "adopted child-to-be" that we would one day meet. We hung it as a FAITH ornament – in full assurance that our prayer request would be answered in time. And here, this December, we hang the ornament with JOY and GLADNESS as a testimony of the Lord’s faithfulness and compassion. Our prayers for a healthy baby girl to join our family have been answered! What a trustworthy God we have who knows the deepest desires of our hearts. We have just chosen the name Brookley Patience Gillette for our baby girl. Isaiah chapter 35 illustrates a beautiful picture of streams (or gentle brooks) of living water flowing through the desert wasteland. This passage speaks volumes to us as we have needed the Lord to redeem our JOY and bring REFRESHMENT after enduring years of parched land. Only a faithful Father could restore to us what was lost and redeem what was dry. “The desert and the parched land will be glad;