Author: Jeff Hampton

For Wilshire Baptist Church

April 30 is a day that sometimes gets our attention and sometimes it doesn’t. This year, LeAnn and I both seemed to be dialed in as we remembered God’s blessings and tender mercies.

April 30 is the anniversary of the day 12 years ago when LeAnn and I combined our lives in a new home we had built from the ground up by Wilshire friend Steve Conner. We had spent the previous nine months in LeAnn’s house and then a small apartment while most of our belongings were in storage. On that April 30, I met the movers at the storage units while LeAnn managed the move from the apartment and went to the house to get things ready for the arrival of the rest of our stuff. It was a busy, hectic day because we’d never had hers and my stuff together in one place before.

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For Wilshire Baptist Church

What would you do if you discovered late in life that the little girl you babysat for family friends was your sister? Or the man you thought was just your babysitter’s father was your own birth father? Two women I know are living both ends of that scenario, and they’re doing it with amazing grace. In the process, they’re teaching those who know them some good lessons on acceptance, judgement and faith.

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For Wilshire Baptist Church

I was vacuuming the upstairs study where I work, and I almost wrecked my shoulder again trying to vacuum with one hand while moving my desk chair with the other. It’s a heavy, oak, library-style chair that LeAnn brought into our marriage and I’ve adopted as my own. A chiropractor might advise me to quit using it, but I love it because it keeps me uncomfortable.

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