What faith we are part 3

CathyWood · 07-06-2003, 08:25 PM

I didn't want to search for the first 2 I came up with..so start over. LOL

To Get to Know our Cysters better let's share what is most important to us...our Faith. I will be begin..and If you already responded to the others you don't have to..or if you want to again that is fine.

I have been a Christian all my life. I married a wonderful man who is too. We go to a Christian church and believe the bible. We go to a small group once a week (currently out for the summer) and we connect with a few people and encourage each other in prayer and support.

So what about you?

lkelsey · 07-09-2003, 10:28 PM

Hello. I am a presbyterian pastor with PCOS and infertility issues. For me my faith has really given me the comfort and understanding that what goes on within my body is not in my court, but in God's. Yes, these are the cards that I have been dealt and God can help turn all of this into good. God can make better things happen for me, for all of us. I do not know how life will unfold. We are planning to begin adopting in January, for 3 years ttc is long enough. I had been thinking about adoption for about 1 year. Then, suddenly everywhere I turned things on adoption passed in front of me. And suddenly in my gut I knew I was meant to adopt. Soon my husband will also be ready to adopt; he already believes it is the right decision for us. Now I am free from the feelings that something is wrong with me, that I can't make this body of mine work right (ie: o and get pregnant). Now only excitement and joy is left. I am at peace. Thank you God.

Angelarock · 07-21-2003, 06:21 PM

I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and BOY has my faith helped me through this.

I came from a large family, I'm the oldest of ten, and have upwards of 100 cousins, aunts uncles, that's not even counting second cousins and great aunts etc. (all of whom I know) I always expected and wanted a large family myself. I found my good husband in college, got married, and three months later became pregnant with my daughter, Anna.

Unfortunately, my pregnancy triggered PCOS symptoms and after the delivery, my weight began to bloom. I was no longer having periods, I couldn't concieve, I was a frustrated mama, and my daughter was lonely. I never in a million years thought I'd be in the situation of raising an only child. We prayed and prayed and prayed for an answer.

I'd always felt impressed by a foster mother in our church growing up, she had hundreds of kids over the years, she'd take the hurt ones, the sad ones, the abused ones, and put smiles on their faces. I had a thought that if I ever got the chance that I'd be a foster mother too. Well, the Lord told me, here's your chance. Go do a good job.

So I did. My first placement came in May of 2002 and our whole family was ecstatic to finally be growing again. We got three of the sad ones, hurt ones and abused ones. Here, a year later, they've got smiles on their faces and so do we!

We will be adopting them into our family by early next year and couldn't be happier. We felt comforted, guided and directed every step of the way in our journey to do what the Lord had for us to do. We were all on the couch the other day telling the story of how our sons came and my daughter said, "He did it! We prayed and asked for brothers and He did it, He sent them! "

It's amazing to me what a hand the Lord has in our lives, guiding and directing us. All the time he seemed to be saying, "Don't worry, keep going, I've got a plan." Sure enough, he does.

:-)