I'd like to share my testimony on a matter that I know many women and couples struggle with.
Two years ago I was feeling so desperate. I had been wanting a baby for a few years and nothing just seemed to happen. There was such an empty place in my heart, and I was aching to have a baby of my own. I knew that there had to be something to fill that need to be a mother. I was still young and had been married only three years. I knew that some women wait much longer, but it didn't help. Still, I believed that the day would come when I would be holding my baby.
My feelings went up and down, some days I was sad and could hardly cope with the pain in my heart, and other days I was hopeful and rejoicing beforehand for the child.
Many little things happened two years ago at Easter, and after that, little things just built up my faith. I also saw in the Bible how many women suffered from infertility, but how the Lord heard their prayers, and their stories gave me hope. I knew that people around me believed that we would have a child and were praying for us as well. Then one night, just before Mother's Day 2009, my husband ran across an old Lifeline letter about Mother's Day from VGR. We read it together, and in the end there was a quote that blessed our hearts beyond words:
"You're asking a worthy thing. You're asking God to give you a child, a baby. You're barren and asking God to give you a baby. That's right. God bless you. I have never seen Him fail on one yet. A woman in Chicago fifty something years old come and asked for a baby. She got a fine boy. May God grant it to you." Faith 56-0427
My husband repeated it to me several times, "I have never seen Him fail on one yet!" From then on, whenever I felt sad or down, I just said it to myself over and over again. It was only some weeks later when we found out that we were expecting a baby! Now this little miracle boy of ours is a healthy one-year-old, full of life and energy, and he has totally stolen mommy's and daddy's heart.
Praise the Lord, He never fails!
Your sister in Christ