Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

Having a Baby Changes Everything

You’ve seen them: those commercials that interrupt your favorite television program. Intimate glimpses into the blissful interactions of parent and infant. An awestruck toddler discovering the wonder of a frog. A bald, gurgling baby gleefully splashing as she is bathed in the kitchen sink. Yes, the voiceover on the commercial is correct: “Having a baby changes everything.”

Every time I hear that line, I also hear the anguished cry of more than two million infertile women: “Not having a baby changes everything, too!”

Infertility brings many life changes. Your dreams change. Your view of your future changes. Your plans change. Even your vacations change. After all, you can’t go rock climbing during that dreaded two week wait—just in case!

But there is one thing that will never change, even through the ups and downs of infertility. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

The same Jesus who wept with Mary and Martha when their hearts were broken, weeps with you as you stare brokenhearted at another negative pregnancy test. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

The same Jesus who wouldn’t let go of Peter’s hand when the storm raged on is the same Jesus who holds you tight every time someone else announces a pregnancy. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Through your changed dreams and plans, through the changing seasons of your infertility, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. He will remain forever steady and unchanging, even as the calendar changes from month to month and year to year.