I have occasionally been doing bible studies out of this book called Women of the Bible. So many of the stories include infertility which I am used to but last night I was struck by one of the questions in the back of one chapter. It asked "have you or anyone you know struggled with infertility" and then "how does that struggle differ from the struggles during bible times" and I felt ashamed. I could only hang my head that I have called what I have been through a struggle. What would it have been like back in those days? Hopeless no doubt. We have had hope and have had our hopes realized. Those in the fertility field have only been able to do what they did for us for 20 years. That leaves thousands of years worth of men and women who simply had to accept their fate. I cannot comprehend that. I am filled with gratitude that I live in this time and that God has used the medical advances of our time to Bless our lives. And now I will look at the two or three months that we have to wait to try again in a completely different light. Why does it still amaze me when God leads me to exactly what I need to hear?
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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Caden is so cute! We will be praying for your success in having another baby. We are moving back to Regina the end of May. We will have to get together. Take care and God bless.
Love Kristi Crook
Lorraine