Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

Not Alone

Feeling alone in your infertility today? Does it seem that no one comprehends the depth of sorrow you carry? Your family loves you, but they’ve never been where you are—so they don’t quite “get it.” When a friend implores you to just relax—as she bounces her crying baby on her knee—it’s unrealistic to think that she’s in the fight with you. Little by little, you feel that chasm between you and the fertile world grow a little wider every day.

Friend, be encouraged today that nothing—not even infertility—can separate you from the love of Christ. No experience—no hurt, no sin, no problem—can make Him see you as a lost cause and walk away.

In today’s reading, the Apostle Paul passionately describes God’s love for us. Nothing natural or supernatural can separate us from God’s love—including infertility. I’m not asking you to change Scripture, but look at today’s passage through the lens of infertility. Let it encourage you. Make it a declaration, something like:

Will infertility separate me from the love of Christ? Will endometriosis or low sperm counts, or the distress I feel when I start another period? Will the hurtful misunderstandings from family and friends? Will baby hunger be enough to separate me from His love? Will the lack I feel when my body doesn’t do what it was designed to do cause Him to give up on me? If my future is uncertain, or if I face more and more medical treatments in my quest to conceive, is that enough to separate me from the love of my Savior?

No! I am convinced that neither miscarriage or even pregnancy, neither kind encouragements or hurtful words, neither the daily struggle I face now or the uncertainty of my future, neither the highs of a good doctor’s report or the lows of another negative pregnancy test, not even seeing another pregnant woman will be able to separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!

Infertility can do a lot of things in your life. It can drain your bank account and strain your relationships. It can draw you and your husband close or drive you apart. But it cannot — it will not — separate you from the love that God has for you. Nothing—not even infertility—is powerful enough to do that.