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my blog site, a site for sharing inspiration and hope in a world that so desperately needs it.
Why hope? Because without hope, dreams are not possible. Without hope, the present moment can be unbearable.
Why inspiration? Because to have hope and understanding, we need to be inspired to believe that all things are possible with God.
My name is Bill Hutzel The picture you see here is of me holding my daughter. That was many years ago. She is all grown up now, but she is still my little girl. I had been blessed with her after 10 years of hoping and waiting. More than 32 years ago she was only a dream. Then one day I got the bad news from the fertility specialists that my wife had a blocked fallopian tube and other complications, so it was doubtful that we might ever have our own children without very aggressive fertility treatments and as a last resort, in vitro fertilization. It was shortly thereafter that I attended a healing service and went forward for prayer. The preacher’s name was Joe Garlington. He prayed over me and prophesied that I would have my own child, and spoke the following verse to me from Psalm 128:3-4 – “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the LORD.” I think I promised Joe that I would name him Joseph. Sorry Joe, but it was a girl! We named her Alexandra Leigh (Aleigh for short).
Not One, but Four … Prophecy Fulfilled
I am now not only blessed with my special and beautiful daughter Aleigh, but three amazing sons, Griff, Rhett, and Dawson. My children are like olive shoots around our table. And each one has a special characteristic of me ingrained in them. God loved me so much that, even before I knew Peggy as my wife, he placed certain characteristics of each of the boys in her womb that matched mine so that I might be blessed. It’s overwhelming to me that God loves me that much.
Wow Bill, I have to tell you that your story gave me chills. Talk about God working in miraculous ways! If that wasn’t Him telling you that He was about to work a miracle in your life, I don’t know what it was. Of all the Bible verses that Joe could have read, he couldn’t have zeroed in on a more appropriate one. And what a perfect little gift Alexandra Leigh was. Only God could defy medical reports. I have always loved that name too. If I had had a daughter, her name would have been Alexandra. Thank you so much for introducing yourself in this inspirational way. It almost put a lump in my throat at the thought of God’s love and grace. ~ Gloria
Bill– It is so amazing that your prophecy came true & God gave you your heart’s desire – Bill. I went through 15 years of infertility & treatments believing we would conceive. God had another plan. We went through 2 adoption processes. The second one worked. There have been many challenges, but God is faithful. Ironically my plan was to encourage those who were infertlle. Instead God used me to minister with cancer patients, those that recovered & another that I went the final stretch of life with until she was ushered into heaven. God bless your ministry. As I have endured pain & watched dear friends go through it God has downloaded poetry to me that has helped us process this pain. “Faith is the assurance of things HOPED for, the the evidence of things yet unseen. “Hopeful expectation” is what we hold on to as believers. God’s promises are true.
Thanks for sharing!
Cate Bell