Christian ladies TTC, we can encourage one another.

[BRK06]

Hi Precious Women of God!

I hope this message finds everyone well.

I wanted to let you know that Tay and I have planted the bottle in our backyard with our hopes for a child as an act of faith. I want to challenge you to step out in some way and make an act of faith, whether it be buying baby clothes, a toy or planting your own faith seed in the ground… I believe God loves it when we step out in faith believing that He is going to do something spectacular!

I think that is awesome Sis! Does buying a baby Lakers Jersey count? Now Jr can wear his/hers when Dad does while watching the game

Of course it counts!!! I can't wait to see the pic of the two of them in their jerseys someday

Me either!!! I'll definitely have to share with you ladies

 

[BRK06]

I think I finally started miscarrying! Such a weird thing to be happy over, but I have been having cramps and

Spoiler

dark brown discharge for the past couple hours

(so sorry, TMI I know). I'm praying this is it and that I don't need a D&C.


Thank you Jesus for this answer to my prayers!

No worries, Sis! There isn't any such thing as TMI here! Bizarre as it seems to be glad for something like that, I'm praying this is it too! I'd hate for you to have to go for a d&c. Keep us posted!

 

[HisGrace]

I think I finally started miscarrying! Such a weird thing to be happy over, but I have been having cramps and

Spoiler

dark brown discharge for the past couple hours

(so sorry, TMI I know). I'm praying this is it and that I don't need a D&C.

Thank you Jesus for this answer to my prayers!

I know exactly how you feel. So glad you didn't have to get a D&C.

 

[Godsjewel]

Can you imagine what Peter must have felt as he walked on the water toward Jesus? In that moment, his life was a living testament to the ability of the Christ! But his confidence apparently was short-lived. Go with me to the raging waters and let’s see what happened.

Verse 30 of Matthew 14 says that even though Peter had experienced an amazing life changing event, when Peter saw the winds howling about him, he became frightened again and started to sink. For one moment, he took his eyes off of Jesus and the storm began to overtake him. For one instant, he looked at the turmoil surrounding his life and didn’t see Jesus standing calmly on top of the same waves that were threatening to destroy him. For one split second, Peter felt the fear and felt the concrete beneath him turn to water, and he began to sink.

As you journey through grief, you may really identify with Peter. You’ve found yourself in a massive storm, but you’ve been able to see Jesus walking toward you. At His command, you take a step of faith and climb out of the boat, trusting Him every step of the way. For a moment, the storm is not overtaking you. For a moment, the hurt seems to diminish, if only a little. For a moment, the embrace of love conquers the embrace of sorrow, the waters begin to recede and you begin to believe you’re going to make it!

But then you hear a young mother call her living child by your dead child’s name. The ground beneath you begins to give way. Perhaps everywhere you turn someone else is pregnant and having a perfectly routine pregnancy. A tidal wave of grief pummels you. A news reporter tells another story of an unwanted baby being ripped from the womb, when you would have given everything you own to keep your baby in yours. The winds are beginning to howl and you are beginning to sink. If so, you’ve just become a modern day Peter!

When Peter began to sink, he did the best thing he ever could have done. Peter cried out to Jesus. “Lord, save me!” Peter knew he could not save himself. More importantly, Peter knew that Jesus could! If you are finding yourself sinking again, do as Peter did. Cry out to Jesus. “Jesus, my heart is hurting so badly!” “Jesus! I don’t know if I’m going to survive!” “Jesus! My marriage is falling apart!” “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Save me!”

Look what Jesus did when Peter cried out to Him. The very first word in verse 31 says it all: Immediately. Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him! Jesus didn’t stand there with His hands on His hips and wait for Peter to confess every wrongdoing. He didn’t wait for him to lay out a five-point plan as to how he would do differently next time. Jesus saw His child in trouble and immediately He stretched out His hand and pulled him to the surface once again. If you are sinking in dread or fear, cry out to Jesus. He didn’t love Peter more than He loves you! He’ll immediately grab hold of you. And here’s the best part—He’ll never let go!

As you keep reading through the end of this story, you will not find where Jesus let go of Peter’s hand. He didn’t pull him up out of the water, brush His hands off and push Peter into the boat. No! There is no record of Jesus letting go of his hand. Let this sink deep into your spirit. Jesus will not let go of your hand. He knows you cannot survive your miscarriage alone. He refuses to let go. Even if your faith has wavered like Peter’s did. Even if the storm is raging at insane levels. Jesus refuses to let go.


Taken from When Love & Sorrow Embrace:The Sufficiency of God’s Grace Through the Heartache of Miscarriage by Beth Forbus

 

[stevens2010]

Can you imagine what Peter must have felt as he walked on the water toward Jesus? In that moment, his life was a living testament to the ability of the Christ! But his confidence apparently was short-lived. Go with me to the raging waters and let’s see what happened.

Verse 30 of Matthew 14 says that even though Peter had experienced an amazing life changing event, when Peter saw the winds howling about him, he became frightened again and started to sink. For one moment, he took his eyes off of Jesus and the storm began to overtake him. For one instant, he looked at the turmoil surrounding his life and didn’t see Jesus standing calmly on top of the same waves that were threatening to destroy him. For one split second, Peter felt the fear and felt the concrete beneath him turn to water, and he began to sink.

As you journey through grief, you may really identify with Peter. You’ve found yourself in a massive storm, but you’ve been able to see Jesus walking toward you. At His command, you take a step of faith and climb out of the boat, trusting Him every step of the way. For a moment, the storm is not overtaking you. For a moment, the hurt seems to diminish, if only a little. For a moment, the embrace of love conquers the embrace of sorrow, the waters begin to recede and you begin to believe you’re going to make it!

But then you hear a young mother call her living child by your dead child’s name. The ground beneath you begins to give way. Perhaps everywhere you turn someone else is pregnant and having a perfectly routine pregnancy. A tidal wave of grief pummels you. A news reporter tells another story of an unwanted baby being ripped from the womb, when you would have given everything you own to keep your baby in yours. The winds are beginning to howl and you are beginning to sink. If so, you’ve just become a modern day Peter!

When Peter began to sink, he did the best thing he ever could have done. Peter cried out to Jesus. “Lord, save me!” Peter knew he could not save himself. More importantly, Peter knew that Jesus could! If you are finding yourself sinking again, do as Peter did. Cry out to Jesus. “Jesus, my heart is hurting so badly!” “Jesus! I don’t know if I’m going to survive!” “Jesus! My marriage is falling apart!” “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Save me!”

Look what Jesus did when Peter cried out to Him. The very first word in verse 31 says it all: Immediately. Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him! Jesus didn’t stand there with His hands on His hips and wait for Peter to confess every wrongdoing. He didn’t wait for him to lay out a five-point plan as to how he would do differently next time. Jesus saw His child in trouble and immediately He stretched out His hand and pulled him to the surface once again. If you are sinking in dread or fear, cry out to Jesus. He didn’t love Peter more than He loves you! He’ll immediately grab hold of you. And here’s the best part—He’ll never let go!

As you keep reading through the end of this story, you will not find where Jesus let go of Peter’s hand. He didn’t pull him up out of the water, brush His hands off and push Peter into the boat. No! There is no record of Jesus letting go of his hand. Let this sink deep into your spirit. Jesus will not let go of your hand. He knows you cannot survive your miscarriage alone. He refuses to let go. Even if your faith has wavered like Peter’s did. Even if the storm is raging at insane levels. Jesus refuses to let go.


Taken from When Love & Sorrow Embrace:The Sufficiency of God’s Grace Through the Heartache of Miscarriage by Beth Forbus

Thank you for this, I needed to read that today.

 

[BRK06]

Thank you for that, Sis! Sometimes I feel just like Peter... So amazing that Jesus is always there to pick us up when we fall!

 

[BRK06]

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[Godsjewel]

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Love This!!!!

 

[Mummy_2_One]

Hi ladies :wave:

I haven't posted for ages, but just thought I'd comment on the 'faith step' challenge and say that DD and I went shopping today and picked out a gorgeous little summer dress in a newborn size. I had planned to also get a boy's shirt but honestly could not find ANYTHING in newborn size, and my 2 year old basically told me she is getting a sister anyway (!), so I'm just taking that for now as a sign that maybe I don't need to keep searching for anything blue?

I hope you're all doing ok and looking forward to a nice weekend x

 

[Godsjewel]

Hi ladies :wave:

I haven't posted for ages, but just thought I'd comment on the 'faith step' challenge and say that DD and I went shopping today and picked out a gorgeous little summer dress in a newborn size. I had planned to also get a boy's shirt but honestly could not find ANYTHING in newborn size, and my 2 year old basically told me she is getting a sister anyway (!), so I'm just taking that for now as a sign that maybe I don't need to keep searching for anything blue?

I hope you're all doing ok and looking forward to a nice weekend x

Yay!!! that's awesome!

I was reading the bible last night and came across the scripture that said, "faith without works is dead". I believe that taking that action of faith pleases God.

 

[Godsjewel]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my head about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

 

[Godsjewel]

Oh, I wish you could have been with me that day. I know that infertility is so hard and can drain you of your sense of humor. You can sometime use a laugh! You would have gotten a chuckle if you could have followed me . You see, I took my 73 year old mother to the doctor and my 79 year old dad tagged along. (Don’t see the humor yet? Hang on!) The appointment was with a new doctor and we were not quite sure where the office was, but figured we’d just follow the signs once we got close. When we got to the appropriate floor of the physicians’ tower, my parents stepped off the elevator and began “confidently” heading straight toward the office of an infertility clinic! It was the funniest sight! A duo of septuagenarians, wrinkles, gray hair, one with an artificial knee and one with a walker, determinedly headed for fertility center! What if the fertility staff had looked out the door? What would they have thought? “Hey doc! Don’t plan on going to lunch today! You’ve got a doozy of a case coming this way!” We all laughed when I pointed out the sign over the door where they were headed as I quickly steered them toward the much more appropriate office. (I think I heard my dad say something about just popping into the fertility clinic to get checked out, but he complied with me and followed us into mom’s doctor’s office.) What a ridiculous sight!

If my parents had been going to a fertility clinic on purpose, there is no doubt in my mind that the fertility specialist would have thought they were out of their minds. I’ll bet he would have scheduled a psychiatric consult rather than a fertility work-up. But do you realize that Scripture tells of a couple with an even more ridiculous fertility story? Add more than 25 years to this story and you have the family history of Sarah and Abraham. Sarah was 90 and Abraham was 100 when they were the proud parents of a brand new, bouncing baby boy. God performed a ridiculous miracle in the lives of Sarah and Abraham to do for them what He promised He would do. The Bible is full of God doing things that the world would deem ridiculous. Oh, the ridiculousness of God.

Friend, God can still do the ridiculous. If God decides to place life in a womb, it doesn’t matter if that womb is 22, 31, 37, 42 years old or what. God is the giver of life. If God says there will be life, there will be life! If God chooses to conquer PCOS, endometriosis, and low sperm counts, He will! How ridiculous it may seem to believe that God can take a child conceived in a tiny village on the other side of the world, and destine that baby to be raised in your loving Christian home in the United States, to be taught of the love of Christ at your knee, and to call you Mommy, but if God calls it done, then friend, prepare your nursery! How unbelievable that even God could help you survive months or even years of waiting until His plan is made manifest in your life. But He does. He has. He is. I love the ridiculousness of God!

God is still able to do exceeding, abundantly above all you can ask, or even think to ask Him to do for you. He is still working and moving through the infertile days of your life. Trust Him through the confusing days. And look for the ridiculousness of God!

 

[PrincessBree]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my read about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

SOrry to hear about your symptoms hun!I will keep you prayed up!I can't imagine how it must feel to face all of this uncertainty but God is telling His story through you,and no matter how bad it all gets,the end outcome for you,is victory.

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."Hebrews 11:1- keep the assurance of what you cannot see hun,knowing that God in His own way,will make a way for you xx Love you loads xx

 

[Godsjewel]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my read about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

SOrry to hear about your symptoms hun!I will keep you prayed up!I can't imagine how it must feel to face all of this uncertainty but God is telling His story through you,and no matter how bad it all gets,the end outcome for you,is victory.

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."Hebrews 11:1- keep the assurance of what you cannot see hun,knowing that God in His own way,will make a way for you xx Love you loads xx

Amen sis! thank you

love you too

 

[Yukki2011]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my head about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

I will keep you in my prayers.

 

[wristwatch24]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my head about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

Praying for you.

 

[HisGrace]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my head about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

You are in my prayers.

 

[beckysprayer]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my head about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

Praying for you! Don't lose hope, God may be bringing sickness in order to ultimately heal you. He works in mysterious ways, but they always make sense in the end.

 

[BRK06]

Still praying for you Sarah! Trust in the Great Physician. He can bring you through this too! You've been so strong and brave all this time... Hang on just a little longer! God is writing an incredible testimony for you!


Psalm 56:3-4
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?


Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.


Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.

 

[Heather11]

Hi ladies!

I have a prayer request...

I have been having some lower abdominal pain, spotting and weird feelings in my ovaries. I am on CD 17 and even though I wish these were pregnancy symptoms, there not. The lower ab pain has been going on for weeks. I emailed my doctor and told her how I was feeling and that I scheduled an appointment to see her Thursday. She wrote back and said she is glad I made the appointment because she would like to examine me.

I looked up my symptoms and they all come back to endometriosis. I had the surgery last Oct to remove it, but this disease doesn't go away. The best chance to conceive is the first 6 months after the surgery. All these thoughts are racing through my head about what could be wrong with me. Please pray that God helps me through this next step in my journey.

Thank you!

Praying for you my love!