Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

The Word of God & a Flashlight

Have you ever walked through your home at night with the lights out? Familiar surroundings become a mystery. You can't find your furniture until you fall over it. Ouch!

Eventually, you find a flashlight. Its light floods the space around you. Where do you shine it? It would be silly to try to use this flashlight to light up your entire home, or even a room on the other side of the house. You simply need it to show you where to take your next step. You don’t need to see what’s hidden underneath the bed in the guest bedroom. You just need to know where to place your foot so that you don’t stumble and fall.

God has promised that His Word will be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. Infertility can be a very dark time in your life, filled with questions and very hurtful emotions. Why not search Scripture for God’s guidance? Jeremiah 29:13 says “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” There’s a little bit of light shining in the dark days when you don’t know what to do. Search for God, and He’ll be found by you.

This doesn’t mean that He will instantly reveal His entire plan to you, complete with all the details surrounding the resolution of your infertility story. Many struggling women have said, “If I just knew that God would give me a baby, I could get through the darkness of this night. I could hold up under the pressure if I knew for certain that at the end I’d have a baby.” Remember the flashlight? It gives just enough light for you to take the next step. Sometimes God does the same. He doesn’t reveal His entire plan to you. He illuminates your way enough for you to take the next step, to make the next decision, to get through the next day or the next hour. He knows you are traveling infertility’s journey. Through His Word, He will shine a light to this path and help you see His beautiful plan for you and your family.