VL - Issue 40 - July 2021

YOUR LIFE MATTERS TO GOD,
AND NOTHING CAN HOLD
YOU BACK FROM THE PLANS
HE HAS FOR YOU.
LEFT: The Gordons
welcomed their
miracle baby in May
2021. RIGHT: Kory
visits the Holy Land.
of this time as an opportunity for God to
place you on His potter’s wheel. Let Him
shape and mold you into a vessel He can
use. Prison wasn’t a time of punishment;
it was a season of purification. He used
my time as a chapel orderly as seminary
training. Often the most challenging times
are the most productive ones.
As you can see, God has blessed my life.
But even with so many great things, there
was still something missing—my wife and I
desperately wanted to have a baby together.
She had prayed for this child every day
for four years, but she’d had her fallopian
tubes tied before we met. The operation
to untie them was costly and beyond our
means. Still, we trusted God to work in this
situation. If it was His will, we knew He
could supernaturally untie her tubes or
provide the finances for the procedure.
We put our desires in the Lord’s hand and
waited for Him to act.
Just when we were about to give up, God
reminded us that He was with us and for
us. We were at an event when an evangelist
who knew nothing about us asked if
he could pray for us. In the middle of his
prayer, he told us that God had said, “I have
heard your prayers. That baby you have
cried out for is coming.”
We were completely wrecked by those
words and cried tears of joy. Our excitement
and hopes soared through the roof.
We went home knowing our baby was coming
soon. But months went by, and with
each negative pregnancy test, my wife’s
heart broke a bit more. An entire year
passed, but just when we had all but given
up, a man wrote us a check for the total
amount of the procedure. It was a miracle.
Early in May of 2021, our son was born.
We are beside ourselves with joy, thankful
for God’s love, blessing, and provision.
You would think that with all that has
happened in my life, I would never doubt
God. But I do. Doubt, fear, and anxiety often
come against me. But every day, I remind
myself of God’s constant faithfulness and
choose to stand on His Word. He has never
failed me.
Maybe you’re reading this story and you
feel all hope is gone or you fear what your
future holds. Let God’s Word be a lamp for
your feet and light for your path (Psalm
119:105). Let the light of His Word reveal
to you that He is a loving Father. Let Him
heal your broken heart and make straight
the crooked paths of your life.
Be at peace with who you are, where you
are, and what you have. Give your life to
Christ and trust His nail-scarred hands to
carry you and your loved ones through. He
will be faithful to meet your every need
and more.
KORY GORDON spent 11 years in incarceration,
where he gave his life to Christ. He now pastors
in North Florida and is developing a rehabilitation
home. His heart is burdened for those
incarcerated, addicted, and bound in sin.
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