The Beginning

Our journey began 4 months ago when we both felt we were ready to have a baby in our lives.  Three months later we learned that there was a good chance we would never be able to have our own children naturally.  We began to pray that God would show us what our purpose was in life.  I knew it would be hard to accept never being pregnant but I also knew that God could use us for something very special.  As we prayed God began to comfort and lead us through His word and other places.  One verse that really stuck out to me was in Psalm 113:9 “He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.  Praise ye the Lord.”   It helped me to realize that with God all things are possible and even if we couldn’t have our own children He would make our joy full with children in some way.   More recently we have visited with doctors and found out our options.  We had two practical options to choose from.  The first was IVF or In Vitro Fertilization and the second was adoption.  After leaving the doctor I think we both felt overwhelmed and a little unsure of what to do next.  We really wanted to have our own children to see their resemblances and to have the pregnancy experience but on the other hand we felt a little guilty going to all the medical work of creating our own children when there are children in the world who do not have loving Christian homes and families.  That night Jesse researched IVF a little to learn exactly how the process took place.  I then read the article he found and I felt a little uneasy about the process.  I looked up online why IVF was wrong from a spiritual standpoint and found a very interesting article. (read article in post titled "understanding IVF")  After reading this article and talking with Jesse we both felt IVF was not something we wanted to get involved with.  That left only one option for us to become parents…adoption!  We are thankful to feel Gods direction in this that He will be with us as we look deeper into the adoption process and what would be the best adoption options for us.  We know this could potentially be a long journey ahead of us but we are trusting that God will provide as He has in the past and that if this is His calling for us we must joyfully attend to it!  A recent sermon we heard really touched home in our lives.  It talked a lot about the fact that our lives on this earth are nothing for ourselves.  We are put here for a purpose and sometimes what we want with our lives and what God wants are two different things.  We must be willing to surrender our will and be used of God to do exactly what we were put here to do.  We can be thankful that God can see the whole picture and that if we trust in Him we will never be lead astray.  We would appreciate your prayerful support as we begin this joyful journey in our lives!  We know that whatever the outcome, God will lead us all the way.