Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

Loved

If infertility has caused you to feel unloved today, please join me on a visit to a dark, musty prison cell. Envision the writer of Ephesians, the apostle Paul, wrapped in chains, but more free than any of his captors. Hear his raspy voice, alive with passion, as he locks eyes with you, looking deep into the hurt your heart carries:

“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

Oh, hurting friend! I wish you could know how much God loves you. When you have cried out for a baby for so long, yet still not pregnant, it’s easy to think God has forgotten you. If the enemy whispers in your ear that God doesn’t love you, remember that he is the father of lies. If he—the father of lies—says you are unloved, that is proof positive that you are cherished and desired!

In a paradoxical way, God can even use your infertility to show you how much He loves you. The desire you have for a child is immense. You want nothing more than a child to love and nurture, and to see yourself in your child’s eyes. Your greatest wish is to provide for a child and teach her all the great lessons of life. God, your Father, has the same great desires for you, His child. He wants to have that same kind of relationship with you. He wants to love you, nurture you, and see Himself in you. He wants to provide for you and teach you. Can you see the parallels? Let these truths show you the love God has for you. You are loved and desired by God, just as a child of your own is loved and desired by your own heart, even before conception.