I hit an immovable wall—after being married to Kevin for two years: we had our first miscarriage. It had actually taken me quite a while to get pregnant (about a year and a half) and I was devastated when I lost the baby. Many people told me encouraging stories of their own life experiences, but I still struggled with God’s will. Even a nurse at the hospital said, “We see this all the time. You’ll be pregnant again in no time.” I know that she was trying to help, but a deep pain was beginning to grow in my heart. A year went by and then two with no results. Every month I prayed for a baby and every time my period came I would be crushed.
Unable to Have Children: Victory in Contentment
Written by Debbie McDaniel -- Athens, GA Tuesday, 08 September 2015 10:39
This article was originally published in Life and Godliness for Everywoman, Volume I.
Infertility can be one of the most emotionally challenging dilemmas we face as women. I had always been taught as a young girl that hard work, determination, perseverance and discipline would help me get anywhere I wanted to go in life. It had worked for me academically in high school and college, athletically in my collegiate golf career and professionally in the Public Relations field. Even spiritually after becoming part of God’s kingdom as a freshman at the University of Georgia in 1979, through diligent Bible study, a consistent prayer life and intense discipline, deep character changes occurred. Even though I knew I was at the mercy of God, there was an element of “If I work hard enough, it can happen.” God still had a powerful lesson for me to learn about trusting only in him.
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