God's Plan

Good Plans

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

However your infertility is resolved, God has promised all of us some things. Lo, I am with you always...With you when the pregnancy test is negative, when everyone you know has children, when well meaning people offer stupid advice. He’s also there cheering with you in the good times when unbelievably there are two beautiful pink lines instead of just one, when the thought of throwing up actually thrills you to death! Psalm 126:5 says Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. Notice it does not say, “Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting, but only when their prayers are answered exactly as they planned.” He promises to be with us through pleasure and pain, through infertility, pregnancies, miscarriages, adoptions, good times and bad. The Lord took note of Sarah and did for her what He promised. He’ll do for you what He’s promised. Period.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV) God placed within you baby hunger. He knows at this moment how it will resolve. He knows if you’re pregnant as you sit there and you just don’t realize it yet. He knows if you will conceive but it’s not the appointed time yet. He knows if you will adopt and, if so, He knows which child and exactly what that child is doing right now. He knows if you’ll never conceive. He knows the plan He has for your life and His plan is good. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.

But God, how can my life and my future be good and complete until I have a baby? How in the world can it be good at all if I never have a baby? Remember what God said to Sarah when she doubted Him? Is anything too difficult for the Lord? Trust Him today--right now. Perhaps you’ve never had to trust Him the way you have to now. Trust Him with your heart, your body, your relationships, and your family. Trust Him with your emotions. Trust Him with your future.