What happens when God’s plan looks nothing like the life you expected? Kim Patton joins Jill for an honest conversation about infertility, adoption, foster care, identity, surrender, and learning to depend on Jesus when your own capacity runs out. Kim shares what it meant to grieve one dream, follow God into another, and eventually surrender a season she deeply loved all while learning to trust that obedience can be painful and still never be wasted.
✝️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE
What do you do when you follow God and the story still doesn’t turn out the way you expected?
Author and podcast host Kim Patton joins Jill to talk about infertility, adoption, foster care, parenting, identity, and what it means to depend on Jesus when we finally reach the end of our own strength.
Kim shares the grief of realizing biological motherhood would not unfold the way she had imagined, the unexpected path that led to her daughters, and the difficult surrender that eventually led her family out of foster care after two deeply formative years.
Together, Jill and Kim explore why obedience does not guarantee an easy outcome, how other people’s opinions can make us question what God asked of us, and why dependence on Him gives us permission to admit we are incapable.
If God’s path looks different than the one you planned, this conversation is an invitation to surrender the outcome, abide in His presence, and trust that He wastes nothing.
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🩵 ABOUT US
Halfway to Sunday is a weekly faith-based podcast for people who want Jesus but still have questions, sharing honest, hope-filled stories of real faith through joy and loss, healing and growth, and even doubt. Not polished or performative, just real conversations that remind you you’re not alone and loved by God.
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📖 BIBLE RESOURCES
Verses Discussed:
Galatians 1:10; Psalm 91:1–2; Matthew 11:28–30; James 1:27; 2 Corinthians 12:9; John 15:1–5; 1 Corinthians 6:19
The Journaling Bible I use | Bible Highlighters | Annotating Tabs | **affiliate links
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📣 GUEST
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🎙️ OTHER EPISODES THAT MAY BE HELPFUL:
Episode #110 Joy Without Pretending w/ Kyleigh Rose
Episode #116 The Grief of Unanswered Prayers w/ Val Kleppen
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