Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

I Loved Her Groom

All other eyes were on the bride as she paraded down the petal-lined aisle, but mine were fixed on the groom. I had loved him for more years than she had even known him. Had anyone noticed me in those sacred moments, they probably would have thought I was caught in the emotion of the moment, but they would be wrong.

You see, the bridegroom was my nephew, and I have loved him since his birth. Indeed, when all eyes were locked on his stunningly gorgeous bride, I looked straight at Philip. It thrilled me to watch waves of emotion wash over his face as the love his life sashayed down the aisle to joyfully and freely give herself to him. As they promised to love each other until their final breaths, I remembered how in the moments before their sacred ceremony began, Philip prayed over his bride, thanking God for bringing her into his life, and her tears of gratitude freely flowed. Few things in life are more beautiful than the joining of a couple brought together by God’s design.

As Christians, we are the bride of Christ. Just as my nephew was breathless at the sight of his bride on his wedding day, Jesus is breathlessly in love with us. Sometimes we forget our value and worth in His eyes when we view ourselves in the mirror of infertility. We gaze at our image and see scars of miscarriage or childlessness and cannot begin to imagine how One like Jesus could desire such a bride. But our worth is not found in our ability to conceive. Our worth is found in the sacrifice made for us by our Bridegroom. He is the Love of our lives who prays for us with an understanding that no one else could ever possibly possess. The love of the One who rejoices with us when life is good and refuses to leave us when we hurt is what gives us our unfathomable worth. Our Groom rejoices over us with singing even when we cannot imagine what He could find to sing about. This is the Bridegroom who has an amazing plan for our future, even when it includes infertility or loss.