I dedicated myself that day to nurturing the Life that resides in me. I began to memorize Scripture, enrolled in a Bible study, and began asking God to produce His fruit in my life. Later, when God sent two precious Chinese orphans into our lives, I was more prepared to parent them because I had nurtured the Holy Spirit within me.

Sometimes women experiencing infertility feel that their bodies are defective. For believers it often creates a crisis of faith and a feeling of isolation, especially if most of their friends have children.

While the cultures represented in the Bible sometimes shunned women who could not bear children, the God of the Bible never does. God values and loves every woman. Just as Jesus wept for Lazarus with Mary and Martha, He weeps with those who long for children. If prayers for a child go unanswered, it is not because He does not love the childless. We live in a fallen world, and every life is impacted by it. Even when there is no longed-for infant, God has given us His best—His one and only Son, Jesus. Even when our heart feels as though it is breaking in two, we can entrust it to Him because of the cross.