tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163335514133767892.post5433489157482991514..comments2024-03-14T05:02:02.772-04:00Comments on Conceiving Hope: Valuing FamilyConceiving Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03770621765962940873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163335514133767892.post-31695174256121428662018-08-13T07:25:11.922-04:002018-08-13T07:25:11.922-04:00
Ok, let me try with different words. The cross of...<br />Ok, let me try with different words. The cross of infertility is there and is very very heavy. I experienced it first hand for a long time so I am not talking theoretically. What I am trying to say is that the cross doesn’t crash you if you live the brokenness of it with the hope that comes from Christ. Even brokenness and pain can have a new meaning in Him. I wish you will fulfill soon your desire to become a mom of a living child. A child after miscarriages (I had miscarriage too) can bring great joy but the child is not what give meaning and complete fulfillment to the life. If I had child but I had lost my faith in God I would be still a person without hope for eternity. If a child would be all what you need in life than you would not have moms in drugs, moms killing themselves or abandoning a family. Hope now my thoughts are a bit more clear. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163335514133767892.post-40947119131479577472018-08-13T07:04:14.621-04:002018-08-13T07:04:14.621-04:00I think you misunderstood my reply. English is not...I think you misunderstood my reply. English is not my first language so I probably should have written it using different words. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163335514133767892.post-51212914146574322692018-08-12T22:08:46.775-04:002018-08-12T22:08:46.775-04:00Your prayers are greatly appreciated. Peace and go...Your prayers are greatly appreciated. Peace and goodness to you and your family. Conceiving Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770621765962940873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163335514133767892.post-773730607343791652018-08-12T22:06:36.508-04:002018-08-12T22:06:36.508-04:00Thank you for reading, even if you can't relat...Thank you for reading, even if you can't relate. I'm assuming you parent a living child, so congratulations on the blessing of becoming a mother to them. I'll let my other readers decide whether they think your advice is helpful in the perpetual grief they experience due to permanent infertility and the practical inability to escape childlessness amidst God's loud call to grow their family. They might agree with you or they might have a unique perspective that isn't present here in your advice to yourself. Ultimately, I don't expect anyone to understand God's call on my own life or how it looks from the outside, but it would be sad to me to learn that mothers look at me as practicing idolatry just because my family looks like a couple sitting in the pew hoping and praying for a child.Conceiving Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770621765962940873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163335514133767892.post-29133247116114311302018-08-12T08:58:20.365-04:002018-08-12T08:58:20.365-04:00Dear conceiving hope I found your blog this week. ...Dear conceiving hope I found your blog this week. I recognize myself in what you write because for a long time I experienced infertility. I became at mom unexpectedly at 40 so now I see also the other side of the coin. You may label my post as ‘unrequested advice’ but is more what I would like to tell to my old self from where experience brought me now. Don’t let infertility become your identity. Infertility brings a lot of pain and frustration and certainly deeply affects you but you are not your diagnosis. the same way a cancer patient is not cancer. Also don’t make motherhood an idol. If you think your life will be fulfilled/happy/meaningful only if you become a mom you are in for a big disillusionment. A meaning to life comes only from God and from loving our life and neighbors , no matter the life circumstances. Motherhood, career , health, money, travel etc are all good things and you have all the right to pursue them but if they become the ultimate goal in your life the risk is that they are becoming idols. Sending you a lot of love and prayers for blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com