To all my friends that are pregnant I want to say congratulations! I pray that you focus not on the discomfort, the nausea, the aches and pains that come with pregnancy but on the gift you have been given. Focus on the incredible blessing, the precious gift of life that is growing inside of you. I know that there will be moments when it will be difficult to focus on the amazing blessing you have been given, but I hope you are able to do so as much as possible.
To all my friends that recently gave birth, congratulations! You have made it through the ups and downs, the joys and the pains of pregnancy and now hold your beautiful children in your arms. I pray you are able to always see what an amazing gift your child is, and not focus on how difficult having a child can be. I know there will be moments when it is hard to focus on the blessing you have been given, but I hope you are able to as much as possible.
To all my friends and family with children, rejoice! God has blessed you in ways you may not even realize! Life with children is not always easy, like all things in life it has its ups and its downs. But it is also one of the most amazing gifts one can ever receive. When your life with your children gets tough remember this;
Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of ones youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them,... Psalms 127:3-5
I dream of the day when I can join all you blessed women in motherhood. I do admit that there was a period in my life when I saw my being barren as a curse and never thought I would one day receive that blessing. I admit to still feeling that way on occasion. I viewed the fact that I will never carry my children in my womb as evidence that I was somehow being punished, that I was not good enough to have children. Since then God has shown me that what I have is not a curse, not a punishment. It is a blessing, and I am grateful to have been given it.
God did not make me without a uterus in order to punish me, He made me the way I am to show me that there is more than one way to be blessed with children. It is because He loves me and wanted to give me something that not everyone is given. Adoption is such an incredible blessing and had I not been born without a uterus, I may not have discovered it until later.
I am reminded over and over again that it does not matter how our family starts, it only matters that we will be a family. I know I have my moments when I am sad because I am not a mother yet, and there are times when it is hard to be around pregnant women without feeling like an outsider. But those moments do not define me, they do not detract from the incredible journey we are on, and I am grateful to be on this path.
My hearts aches to be a mother and hold my children in my arms. I can't put enough emphasis on the fact that children are a gift from God. That they are an amazing blessing, a blessing that should be celebrated at every opportunity. I know the joy that I will feel when my dreams come true will be beyond anything I could ever imagine and I can't wait for that day to arrive.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy. Proverbs 13:12
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