Hey! , hope you guys didn't mind me starting another thread-
Thanks all for opening my eyes and reminding me to see this. God needs to come 1st, because it wouldn't be right if I threw away my life for a baby. If we spent our whole lives living for a baby rather than living for God, and we all already know how miserable it is when we take our eyes off Him and focus on ourselves like us wanting something like a baby or anything that has nothing to do with God.
Thanks for helping encourage and remind me to focus on God, not just me, but us, we need to encourage ourselves so that when that day comes we can know that we have lived our lives for Him not just for ourselves.
The thing is, although it seems totally unnatural, undesirable, even unachievable, to let go and give our dreams to God, His instruction for us to do just that is actually a gift. For when we can truly surrender, that unattainable peace becomes reality... That unattainable fulfillment and longing and desire is replaced with the satisfaction and contentment that only God can give. That misery and struggle is replaced with the joy of the Lord- not a fake bouncy happiness when things are tough, but a deep inner joy that comes from knowing that things are right with you and the Lord, He is in control, and He is good and I want that. I want to be happy, I want peace and satisifcation and this desire ot have a baby is consuming me, like one of you said. It's eating me away, and i want to let it go, make peace with God. Believe me, I try to put my life to a good use, i help other people's kids too. I bless them with stuff that they need, and what they want, not just kids, I do that to adults. IT just give me joy to just do that, I love doing that, and that is one reason I wanted to have kids of my own too. I love being a nurturer, just that is enough to drive me crazy when i'm longing to be a mommy.
God is good! Do we believe that? We need to!!! When our loved ones die, our funds are low, our health is poor, our friends have abandoned us…when we don't have a baby…God is good! He is you know! The Bible says that God has given everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him. (2 Peter 1:3) So to know what pleases Him we need to know Him. And we know more about Him by reading His word. Great motivation to read it more, and so I need that. it's a gift from God to do just that so let's pray and ask God to help us do that.
I think what we can do when struggling to trust the Lord and give everything to Him is to focus on His unchanging character. Jesus is the same, yesterday, today and forever! (Hebrews 13:
It's truly a privilege to learn from Him together; with you guys! Please help me remember these things. It's incredible how it has affected how I cope with Infertility. I need reminding of what truly matters. I sometime forget, sometimes i get blinded by the desires of my heart that i let go of what matters more. sometimes I Just need reminding of how great and good God is. thank you guys for helping me with this. i am not there yet but with your prayers, and GOd's help. I'll get there. Thank you!
Lacey