Witness the Wonder: God Stories of Faith, Miracles and Supernatural Signs for Hope in Everyday Life
Jul 14, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Deston Rogers never imagined he would experience the heartbreak of losing a child, let alone two, but he did. After losing his two-year-old son, Cody, in a tragic car accident, a DNA test separated…
Destin RogersGuestChristina SmithHostYou know, for many people who walk through that, I've gone through a, a season of great loss myself, and as you're walking through that, a lot of people question where was God in the midst of it.
Did you find yourself questioning Him, just going to Him to try to make sense of everything that happened?
I don't think at first I did because I was still trying to comprehend the accident itself.
As, as things started to slowly kind of settle down from the initial reactions, I think that's where I started to question.
That's where the questions started coming in as to why did this have to happen.
And my belief in God and my involvement with religion was in a development stage at that time.
And I do recall that at one point a pastor did come over to the house and did pray.
The pastor that had married me and my wife at that time, he wasn't available, so they'd gotten a hold of somebody else, and another pastor came in.
God knows what He's doing even though, you know, we don't like necessarily the outcomes of what's happening, but He is in control of it.
So m- as my religion grew, as my faith grew, I totally knew that God controlled it all.
But eventually, yeah, eventually those questions about why did this have to happen, especially when you think about he was only two.
You know, for many people who walk through that, I've gone through a, a season of great loss myself, and as you're walking through that, a lot of people question where was God in the midst of it.
Did you find yourself questioning Him, just going to Him to try to make sense of everything that happened?
I don't think at first I did because I was still trying to comprehend the accident itself.
As, as things started to slowly kind of settle down from the initial reactions, I think that's where I started to question.
That's where the questions started coming in as to why did this have to happen.
And my belief in God and my involvement with religion was in a development stage at that time.
And I do recall that at one point a pastor did come over to the house and did pray.
The pastor that had married me and my wife at that time, he wasn't available, so they'd gotten a hold of somebody else, and another pastor came in.
God knows what He's doing even though, you know, we don't like necessarily the outcomes of what's happening, but He is in control of it.
So m- as my religion grew, as my faith grew, I totally knew that God controlled it all.
But eventually, yeah, eventually those questions about why did this have to happen, especially when you think about he was only two.
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