Outside the window at my office at
work there are some bars, and lots of birds are always coming over to perch on
those bars. One little brown bird is a chatty fella, he’s always singing and
chirping and tweet-tweeting. There are lots of birds that visit us during the
day, but only one that is rather distinctive. This little black bird visits us
every day, and she is distinctive because she has only one leg. She flies up,
perches on her one leg, and cleans herself and preens and ruffles her feathers.
I don’t know what happened to her leg, but she doesn’t seem to let it get her
down.
God says that He takes care of the birds in the field. “Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? But God does not forget even one of them." Luke 12:6 Where was God when little Polly lost
her leg? Did this feathered flier slip beneath the radar? Was she forgotten?
Did this bird just not want her leg bad enough, or did she displease God by not
singing prettily enough? Or… did God give Polly even more personal attention
than usual? Maybe a cat had her, or a cruel person was planning on torturing
her, and God got her away with one leg and her life. Do you think Polly would
rather have died, then to fly away with one leg? Do you think she is mad at God
because He didn’t make sure that she survived with both legs?
What if God is doing the same for you? Satan is real. He wants to hurt you, to
shake your faith and to pull you away from God. And he will attempt to do just
that in any way he knows how. What if He knows that going through childbirth
would kill you, or that Satan will cause an illness to fall on your future
child, and the child will die a painful death at a young age? Maybe God knows
that for you and your husband, that loss would be worse than never having a
child in the first place, and that that loss may cause you or your husband to
lose your faith. Is having a child for a few years worth your child’s death or
your death and you and your husband’s eternal life?
Maybe nothing that bad is going to happen, and the worst Satan is doing to you
is striking you with infertility, and making you wait what seems like an
unbearable time for your miracle, in hopes that the wait will be enough to
cause you to lose your faith in God.
Have you already lost your faith in
God due to infertility or other occurrences? Are you blaming God for your
problems? Have you stopped praying? If you have, Satan has won. Infertility has
won. If you died tomorrow are you certain that you are in a place in your relationship
with God that you will end up in Heaven? Luckily, there is hope: “This I recall
to mind, therefore I have hope. The LORD’s lovingkindness indeed
never ceases, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great
is your faithfulness.” –Lamentations 3:21-22. Every morning His compassions are
new. Did you yell at God yesterday? Were you so angry at the arrival of your
period or the news of another unwanted baby that you were blaming Him? This
morning His compassions are new. He doesn’t get tired of you coming to Him and
asking forgiveness, not every day, not even ever hour, or every 10 minutes. He
doesn’t get tired of you coming to Him and asking for what you long for either.
Call on Him all the time and tell Him what you want. Tell Him how much you want
a baby and how much you will love a baby.
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