Thankful Even in Your Suffering
Is it true that you can be thankful even in your time of suffering?
Is it true that you can be thankful even in your time of suffering?
Are you two feeling stuck? The infertility has consumed your life. You don’t know where life is headed and it’s hard to focus on anything else. It’s time to set some goals.
Are you finding it harder to spend time with friends who have children? You try to find other topics to talk about, but the conversation always seems to lead back their kids. It gets overwhelming to listen to. How can I ask you to respect parents when you’re frustrated that they don’t seem to respect you and what you’re going through?
You’re chronically sick and the doctor won’t confirm or deny the affect it’ll have on bearing children. You’ve wanted children for a long time and you’re worried that your biological clock is running out of time. What should you do?
The wife is usually the one to get more compassion from others because she wears her emotions more openly. It’s harder for her to hide the sorrow she’s going through. It’s normal for women to seek comfort from close friends and family and to process with more people outside of the home.
It’s often the husband that deals with it silently.
Do you try to avoid May altogether? ldren’s clothing for Easter and spring. Then I’d go to others that had sweet sentiments for mothers on their displays. Each store had some sort of mother and/or child aspect that brought pangs of sorrow to my heart.
I want to connect with you today as you prepare your heart for Easter. I’m sure there are many questions you’re coming to the cross with, as you reflect upon Christ’s gift of life to you.
March 14 marked four years since Michael and I received confirmation about our infertility. Putting myself back in that time, I didn’t see how we would ever be able to move forward from that news
When was the last time you and your spouse went on a date?
One thing about infertility is that it can be so easy to get stuck with a zoomed-in perspective. You can stand so close to the problem that it’s all you can see. Finding an outside support can keep your perspective in the right place and assist you to find the answers and help you’re looking for.