Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

Battling Doubt

As you struggle day after day with infertility, do you battle doubt? We ask God for the miracle of a child—yet feel doubt creep in before we mumble “amen.” Prayerful requests offered for good numbers on blood tests are drowned out by the fear of failed results—when despair takes the place of faith.

How do we battle these negative thoughts and truly conquer doubt?

Mark 6 gives us a glimpse into the earthly life of Jesus. We see Him teaching in the synagogue in His hometown. (Wouldn’t you love to sit under His teaching?) Rather than hang on His every word, however, His neighbors who watched Him grow up doubted Jesus. They could not—they would not—see Him as the Son of God. They saw nothing more than the charismatic son of that hard working carpenter down the road, and their disbelief had drastic consequences. “He could do no miracle there except that He laid hands on a few sick people and healed them.” (Mark 6:5) What amazing things could He have done in the absence of doubt?

How did Jesus respond to the peoples’ doubt? The answer is tucked right there at the end of this story. In Mark 6:6 you’ll see Jesus’ battle plan for conquering doubt: “And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching.” When Jesus came face to face with doubt in peoples’ hearts, He combatted their doubts by teaching them. What do you think He taught them? He didn’t teach them math or science; He taught them the Word of God!

If you are struggling with doubt in your journey through infertility, follow in Jesus’ footsteps and fight your doubt and disbelief by diving into the Word of God. The passages of Scripture you read are not merely words on a page. They are the living Word of God. Let it help you in your struggle with doubt as you deal with infertility.