More trust
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ver the last few years reality talent shows have become somewhat of a Saturday night staple in our house. It was while watching one such show, namely The Voice, that we learned the name Leah McFall. It wasn’t merely the fact that Leah hailed from Northern Ireland that made her instantly loveable; there was something uniquely wonderful about her and her talent. Today Leah is appearing on my screen once again, but this time it’s via Zoom. As we make our introductions I’m already struck by her openness and down-toearth nature. Leah is 38 weeks pregnant with her second child; she already has a 19-month-old son, and despite only finishing work yesterday, she has interviews lined up about her book until a few days before she’s due to give birth. This is a woman who is clearly driven and passionate about what she does. Leah has always known a love for music which she attributes to her dad who kept a huge eclectic collection of music and was himself a singer, singing at church and at weddings. She says, “When I was a child, my favourite toy was my voice. I would see what different noises I could make with it. I would practise different riffs and how to change my tone and I felt free in that.” Leah’s new book is called More Trust: Giving our dreams to the trustworthy One. She admits that trust is the biggest struggle for her when it comes to her faith.
…sometimes dreaming the dream is actually better than living it. “When we’re children we instinctively trust, but then things happen in life that break your heart; you start to not give full control over, even to God. I went through family breakdown and bereavement; I lost my sister, my only sister, in a car accident. From then I started to question whether I was safe. But I always felt God asking me to remain in him, to stay with him and I would bear fruit if I just let him consistently feed into me. “I wanted to be a singer so I moved
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