Author: Leah

Leah Highfill accepted Christ as her Saviour and became a child of God at the age of 18. Originally from the USA, she and her husband moved to the mission field of Canada in 2005, where she served in full time ministry as a pastor's wife for 10 years. During their tenure there, they became dual citizens. Leah and her family returned to NC in 2015 to enjoy a sabbatical. They are now preparing to move overseas. She homeschools her children {Small Son is 12 and Tiny Daughter is 10} and teaches private piano lessons on the side. She can be found reading, writing/blogging, playing the piano and violin, or ice skating. A friend to pastors' wives from all over the world, Leah has a passion to inspire hope and to encourage women in their walk with God. Leah is the founder of the Heart-to-Heart retreats (held annually in the mountains of NC) for pastors' wives. Her first book, Expecting Grace, was published in 2013. Expecting Grace is the story of Leah's experience and survival of a life threatening pregnancy, and of many medical and financial miracles along the way. Join her grace-filled journey right here at Hope For Pastors' Wives.
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31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: KNOW {Day 6}

October 6, 2013

Today’s catch phrase is: Know the spiritual gifts and talents of your flock. Spiritual Gift{s}- I won’t debate here whether or not a person can have more than one gift, but regardless of what you believe about that, others’ gifts are important to know! Why? Because it can help you immensely when thinking of who would… Read More 31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: KNOW {Day 6}

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31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: SING {Day 5}

October 5, 2013

Today’s catch phrase is: Sing. Through joy or tears, sing. I will admit, I’ve completely lost my song before. Several times. After we left our first ministry, I couldn’t sing. Every time I tried, a huge lump came up in my throat and no notes came out. I cried through every service in the little… Read More 31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: SING {Day 5}

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31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: STUDY {Day 4}

October 4, 2013

Today’s catch phrase is: Study your flock. I’m a people watcher. Always have been. Thankfully for others, I don’t stare people down like I did as a child. 🙂 But now I just enjoy observing. I’m one of those who doesn’t like to have my back toward people at a restaurant or public place. There… Read More 31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: STUDY {Day 4}

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31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: PLAY {Day 3}

October 3, 2013

The catch phrase for today is: Play hard. Maximize your time off. It’s Monday as I type this {I’m working ahead-yay!}. In this pastor’s home, we call Monday “Funday” because it’s my husband’s day off. We work hard the rest of the week and on this day we play hard. It might sound strange, but… Read More 31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: PLAY {Day 3}

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31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: RECHARGE {Day 2}

October 2, 2013

Our catch phrase for today is: Recharge your soul batteries. Women in ministry have a lot of outflow into the hearts and lives of the ones they minister to. But as we all know, there can be no outflow without inflow. Sometimes our hearts run dry. We find ourselves empty, and service seems to drain… Read More 31 Days of Fishbowl Grace: RECHARGE {Day 2}