It's not a Curse, It's a Gift!

This week is spiritual emphasis week at school. It's amazing to me how God places in our lives exactly what we need and when we need. I'm almost guilty even saying that, though, because He is all powerful, all knowing, all wise... we should expect no less.

Today's lesson was on three attributes of God from Psalm 145. #1 His greatness, #2 His graciousness, #3 His goodness. God is good, all the time. Ken Rudolph is our speaker for the week. He is dynamic and his way of presenting truth is phenomenal. He has this way of grasping students attention and keeping it for his whole message. Praise the Lord, for the blessing of having him with us this week.

Ken told a story of a young girl who, with her family, volunteered at a summer camp. This girl was born with no hands. Her parents had two choices at her birth. They could get mad at God for what they had been dealt, or they could choose to accept it as a gift, knowing that God is good and had their best interest in mind. They chose to accept it as a gift and have taught this young girl all along that having no hands was a gift from God and that He would give her opportunity to use that gift. She is an excellent artist, she saddles and rides her horse by herself, she speaks with other students in similar positions to teach them about the gift they've been given. What an amazing example of courage, faith, and trust in our amazing God.

I tell you this story because as I sat there listening to Ken, I realized that our infertility is not a mistake. It was designed before we were born. It is truly a gift from God. I choose today to treat it as that. God is good, we know this truth, we read about it in His Word. There is nothing that He does that is bad. That means, that the gift of infertility from God must be good for us and we have this gift because He had our best interest in mind.

Father, I thank you for this gift. A gift that others would see as a curse. A gift that sometimes doesn't really even seem like a gift at all, but a burden. You know what you were doing, though, when you gave this gift to us. Use us to be a light to others who struggle with infertility. Help us to grow more and more in our trust in you. When things get frustrating remind us of How great, gracious, and good you are. We love you and we trust you.