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Rachel and Leah
It’s hard being an infertile in this world. Happy news of friend’s
pregnancies is hard to hear and hard to be happy about. It doesn’t mean you
wish harm on your best friend that gets pregnant every time her husband looks
at her funny; it’s just that you wish that you could also feel some pregnancy
joy firsthand.
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Aren’t you glad that you aren’t Rachel, Jacob’s wife? In Genesis
there are several stories of infertility, but I’d have to say that I think Rachel’s
is the worst. Yes Sara was nearly 100 before she had a kid, but God promised
her she would have a baby. She just had to wait patiently. Rachel had no such
promise. On top of it, her husband was married to her sister also. And because
Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, God gave Leah babies, and denied them to
Rachel. How would you like to feel like you were being punished because you
were too beautiful and your husband loved you so much? It’s not your fault that
he loves you more. It’s not his fault either, because he only wanted to marry
you, but your father tricked him into marrying your sister first. Rachel had to
watch her sister have 6 babies with her own husband, her maid have 2 babies
with her husband, and her sister’s maid to have 2 babies with her husband,
before she could experience pregnancy joy first hand! I had a hard time
with it when my sisters got pregnant. But I thank God that I don’t live in an
era where my sisters were married to my husband and having his children!
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God eventually blessed Rachel with a baby of her own. And that
child grew up to be the second most powerful man in Egypt. He saved so many
people in Egypt and the surrounding areas. Remember that God knows what He is
doing. Even if His plan does not include giving you a child, you can be
confident that He has good intentions towards you. And remember, be thankful
that your husband doesn’t have other wives who are giving him children while
you have to sit on the sidelines and watch.
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Jeremiah 29:11 I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the
Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future
filled with hope.
