Infertility Posts: Index of Posts

This summer and into fall I am writing a series of blog posts telling the story of our infertility journey. (Click here to read more or leave a comment on Infertility Posts: Index of...)  Read More

Infertility Post Two: In the Beginning There Was Silence

Way back when my husband and I started to talk about marriage, we dreamily looked in each other’s eyes and said: “We’re going to have as many children as God gives us!” A few things got changed along the way. (Click here to read more or leave a comment on Infertility Post Two: In the Beginning There...)  Read More

August 5 – Hebrews 12:11 Proverbs 13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15

Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Pretty good jumping-off place to bring in all that the writers of the proverbs say about the rod, which is a “rod, staff, a stick used to assist in walking, discipline, and guidance.” So…a few…with only a little comment. Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves... Read More

August 4 – Hebrews 12:9-10, Proverbs 19:18

Hebrews 12:9-10 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. I see two ideas to gain from this: 1) Children will respect parents... Read More

August 3 – Hebrews 12:5-8

Because a very big percentage of what the Bible has to say about the parent-to-child relationship is about training and discipline, I want to cover it — but it is with some fear and trepidation! I’ll try to just cover what the Bible says, and, when I interject my own opinion, I’ll tell you! Hebrews 12:5-13 is a good section on discipline — mostly how God... Read More

August 2 – Proverbs 3:12

Proverbs 3:12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. To correct basically means to line up with the right way. Who wouldn’t do that to a son he loves? In my mind the picture is to keep putting him back on the path as he strays off of it. When they’re young (think of a lamb), it’s easy – just a gentle... Read More

August 1 – Deuteronomy 6:7-9

Deuteronomy 6:7-9 Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Some of the ways seem like — just as you go about your day, remember God’s words in everything you do. See... Read More

July 31 – Deuteronomy 6:7

Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children. I found something so cool as I was studying this verse. There are about 70 tomes that Hebrew words are translated “teach,” but this is the only time this word is used, and it is translated “teach diligently” (KJV) and “Impress” (NIV). But the word literally means “to sharpen”... Read More

July 30 – Deuteronomy 6:6

Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words, which I am commanding you this day, shall be [first]in your own mind and heart; [then]… It goes on to say that we need to teach them to our children, but that’s for tomorrow. Today we have to learn them ourselves. Not just learn them — but have them in our hearts. DO them. Live them. We don’t ever know them until we do... Read More

Infertility Post One: Something Completely Different

In the next several weeks, I’ll be putting up a series of ten blog posts telling my nearly seven-year infertility story. These are written from a Christian perspective, and from a non-medical perspective. God frequently has a different plan in mind than the one we imagined. I had been considering giving up the blog, and I prayed about it, expecting God to say, “Yes,... Read More