I’m working on some intriging thoughts with marriage – not quite ready to post – Stay tuned to next week. In the meantime, I’d love to address a heartbreaking note I received last week from a woman who is dealing with infertility. As I began praying for her, I started to think about all the women who may be experiencing disappointment, heartbreak or a shattered dream. I’ll break this into 2 segments. Today is Part 1.

• That I would become pregnant again-
• That I would have more than one child-
• That I would be a stay-at-home mother-
• That I would be happy and content in this challenging role-

Four years later – He fulfilled this promise.

If you are in a place of utter despair – go the Lord and ask Him to give you a promise. Ask Him to reveal His will to you. The Bible says in Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,”declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity.”

What captivity are you currently in? Is it a broken relationship; a broken dream; a huge disappointment? The precious woman who sent the note is in the captivity of infertility. However, we all at one time or another, find ourselves in a captivity of some kind or another. I pray that by sharing my story – that I by no means tease her or lead her to think that I know the will of God for her life. I do not know if it is God’s will for her to have a child. But these 3 things I KNOW – and I hope it encourages her and you as well:

#1. God speaks and He will speak clearly and personally to us through the Words of the Bible.

#2. Despite the depth of pain our circumstances can bring, God is crazy in love with her (and you) and has a plan for her life. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” (v29)

#3. God is willing to reveal is will to her – to you – and to me. But we must first go to Him. We must seek Him with all our heart.

Then… we will know His plan and purposes in the midst of our brokenness.

Tomorrow: What keeps us from hearing from God?