Barren Women of the Bible

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you... Psalm 55:22

Even women in the bible dealt with infertitlity. One of those women was Hannah. Her husband had two wives. The other wife was able to have children and Hannah was not.

I can not imagine how hard that must have been for her. Not only dealing with the pain of not being able to provide children for your huband you have to sit back and watch another woman do so. Im sure she was consumed with jealousy and anger much like the feelings of alot of women today dealing with infertility.

The other wife would tease Hannah until she cried. Hannah went to the Lord in prayer and poured out her soul to him. Telling him of her pain and saddness. She told Jesus that if he would bless her with a son she would give him back to Jesus and raise him in her Fathers ways. And he blessed her with a son, Samuel. Hannah did as she said she would and Samuel became a famous priest of God.

"In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord."
"I am a woman who is deeply troubled pouring out my soul to the Lord... Out of  my great anguish and grief." (1Samuel 1:10-16)

What we learn from Hannah  is that you can be honest with the Lord and go to him with you pain and saddness. You do not have to hide it. The Lord knows our hearts and its desires before we do anyway!

Found this on a site- There is no pretense that she is not hurting, not blindly trusting God but really wrestling with the pain of infertility- Speaking of Hannah

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord"(Psalm 27:14)

Alot of women dealing with infertilty play the blame game. They blame themselves for having a defect. I can not say that I am not one of those women. Its hard when you are not in control of your own body. But the beautiful thing you can remind yourself is that you dont have to be in control of it because the Lord is!!
This is a question that I asked myself-
Am I dealing with infertility because of my past sins? My husbands past sins? Our parents past sins?
I mean I know that there are consequences for sin and the sins of our parents as the bible teaches us this. But is infertitlity one of those consequences?

After much research this is the answer if recieved-
His disciples asked him, Rabbi who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Neither this man nor his parents sinned, said Jesus, but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.( John 9:2-3)

Infertitility is not a punishment. It is just a way for God to show his works through us to others.

I also came across this on a site of someone else dealing with infertility-
God is the giver of life and he can bring about miracles. We do not know what God may be doing in our lives- even when it seems like he is not doing anything at all. God can surprise us!

I love that! Even when we struggle with the "God are you hearing me?" feeling you can know that God may be working in that area of your life and you not even know it. I know everything I talk about is based on infertility but this applies to all trials in your life, any disability in your life, and any struggle.

You Lord, are my strength and my shield; my heart trust in you and I am helped. (psalm 28:7)

I also found this on another site and it touched my heart-
And by asking God to change this reality and to heal us, to give us children, is not a selfish request but a calling for God to restore his creation, our world, and to bring all things under Christ and to bring peace to this place, beginning in our life.



This is a Celtic Prayer called Coping with Infertility

Gracious God, we long for a child and find our hearts shaved of hope
as month after month we go childless.
The love we have to give and share with a child fills us to the brim,
but that love seems thwarted when our longing is not fulfilled.
Look with tenderness on us, O God.
Let the disappointment that hangs over us be lifted by the joy of your touch.
Give us the patience that will re-build hope
as we wait for the fullness of our love in the high calling of parenthood.
We ask this for the sake of your love. AmenCeltic Prayer (Copyright ©1999-2008 explorefaith.org)

I have spent my morning deep into the word of God today and I feel blessed! I hope that this touches your lives and gives you an understanding of the love God has for each and everyone of you! Thank for stopping in and continuing this journey with us! We are on a journey with an unknown destination! But instead of being scared of that destination I am now excited about it! I cant wait to see where God leads us in this journey and the miracles that will be shown of him along the way! One of those miracles has already happened! I feel renewed in my faith and closer to Jesus than ever and that is a miracle in its self! I hope your enjoying the ride as much as I am! :)