Adoption, Faith, and a Child’s Wonder at the Stars - Dr. Lisa Haper

Main message: The speaker shares a simple moment of teaching her adopted daughter about God’s greatness by pointing to the stars, showing that sometimes the clearest way to explain God is with fewer words and more awe. The story highlights God as the creator of the visible and invisible universe.

Key points:

• The speaker adopted her daughter Missy from Haiti.
• She realized she tended to over-explain God with too many words.
• The Holy Spirit prompted her to “use less words.”
• She used the stars to help her daughter grasp God’s power and creativity.
• She emphasized that God made not only the stars we can see, but billions more we cannot see.
• The daughter responded with wonder: “Wow.”

Scriptures mentioned: none