“I Am Longing For A Child”
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
Natecia writes:
This verse alone impacted me because this is what I sometimes go threw, I need to know when to be still and to be patient and wait on the Lord. Me and my husband are trying for a child and sometimes I get inpatient I need to repeat this verse to help me get threw my tough times.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on December 5th, 2008 and filed under Your Stories, God's Love, Prayer, Struggles, Christian Families, God's Sovereignty.
December 5th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Dear Natecia:
I trust that you and yours have already gone through the processes of seeking professional assistance on medical as well as psychological problems causing the inability to conceive, and thus the remedies and solutions to be considered.
From the bottom of my heart, I ache for you, as I thank our God the Father anew for His overflowing Blessings showered on us for our five sons and five daughters–however an imperfect ten they are.
No doubt, I pray for you. Please be “still confident” that miracles do happen (Genesis 17:15-21; Genesis 25:21; Judges 13:1; 1 Samuel 1: 6-20; Luke 1:5-25, etc.).
You, no doubt, represent the voice (and tears) of the disappointment over the childless situation of many.
“Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion” (Psalm 51:1).
“Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom” (Psalm 51:6).
When couples cannot conceive, the biblical call to trust God means following His leading. It may mean building your family through adoption. Several couples I counsel with now recognize that their childlessness is, in fact, the doorway to great spiritual fruitfulness of a different kind. One hears often that childless couples themselves conceive shortly after adoption. Or they accept to live without children for the work of His Kingdom.
Yes, trust in the Lord; wait for his interposition when all other resources fail:
“Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield” (Psalm 33:20).
Thank you.
May GOD ALL MIGHTY Bless you and yours with the fulfillment of your hearts’ desire;
GODSPEED, always and forevermore!
Mary Sun.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I am a graduate but use to help my paster in times where there is problems that needs pray.
through the little experince that I got I want to tell my beloved fellow christian which are having this problems that they should wait patientely before the LORD JESUS CHRIST for He will make a way where there since to be no way.
blessings from the LORD ALMIGHTY to you all;
AMEN.
December 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Natecia… I can completely relate. My husband and I have been trying for over a year for a child and God has not blessed us with this YET. I know it is coming, but it is hard to wait when you long for something so badly.
I know this much… you nor I would have this desire within us if God Himself didnt put it in there.
I will keep you and your husband in my prayers.
Be blessed….