Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

Numbers

Numbers matter in the battle to conceive a child. We circle numbers on calendars as we wait for the day of a pregnancy test. A husband’s virility is presumably measured by the number on his sperm count. Nerves are frayed until we get past a certain number of weeks that remind us of the last miscarriage. The number of candles on your birthday cake bring tears and dread.

Do you realize that numbers have never intimidated God? There has never been a moment in all of time and eternity that God has scratched His holy head and tried to make the numbers work. In 2 Chronicles, King Asa was facing a massive army of a million men. He and his brave fighting men were outnumbered, overpowered and were facing certain defeat. Asa did the smartest thing he ever could have done when facing an impossible situation: He called on the Name of the Lord.

God didn’t worry about a million warriors on the battlefield in King Asa’s time. He doesn’t worry about low sperm counts or erratic hormone levels in your time. He is the God who can conquer whatever foe you face, and He can do it despite the numbers involved.

When you pray about your battle with infertility, don’t forget that God isn’t scared of your numbers. Why not use King Asa’s prayer as an example? You can include your own situations and pray with the same faith this godly man used when he was outnumbered and overwhelmed. God came through for him, and He’ll come through for you.

“Lord, there is no one beside You to help in this battle. Infertility (or endometriosis, unexplained infertility, PCOS, miscarriage grief) is a powerful foe and I feel I have no strength (or money, or treatment options) to fight it this month (or today, right now, anymore); so help us O Lord our God, for we (or I—if you have an unbelieving spouse) trust in You, and in Your name have come against this disease (or financial difficulty, discouragement, lack of agreement between us, indecision). O Lord, You are our God. Let not infertility (or loss, grief, discouragement) prevail against You.”

Amen!