Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

The Ridiculousness of God

My 70-year-old mother and 80-year-old father—wrinkled and gray, aided by artificial knees and walkers—eased out of the elevator and resolutely toddled toward the fertility clinic.

Ridiculous? Yes. True story? Absolutely.

Mother had an appointment with a new doctor, and we weren’t quite sure where to find the office. So, when we stepped off the elevator, my parents confidently headed straight toward a fertility specialist.

Can you imagine the thoughts of the clinic staff? Or the patients? We all laughed as I pointed to the sign over the door. Before I steered them toward the much more appropriate office, my dad joked about popping in just to get checked out. He often boasted, “There may be snow on the rooftop, but there’s still fire in the furnace!”

If my parents truly intended to visit a fertility clinic, the specialist would have likely scheduled a psychiatric consult rather than a fertility work-up. It’s universally accepted that the idea of anyone as old as my parents trying to conceive is ridiculous, not to mention impossible.

Do you realize that Scripture tells of an even more ridiculous fertility story? Add 20 years and you have Sarah and Abraham. Sarah was 90 and Abraham was 100 when they became the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. God performed the unheard of because He promised the unheard of. Oh, the ridiculousness of God.

Friend, God still does the ridiculous. When God decides to place life in a womb, it doesn’t matter if that womb is 22, 31, 37, or 42 years old. If God says there will be life, there will be life. PCOS, endometriosis, and low sperm counts are no match for the Creator of your body.

It’s ridiculous to believe that God would take a baby conceived on the other side of the world, and destine that child to call you Mommy. But if God calls it done, then prepare your nursery. It’s ridiculous to believe that God could help you survive months—even years—of waiting until His plans for you blossom at just the right time. But He does. I love the ridiculousness of God!

God is still able to do exceeding, abundantly above all you can ask or even begin to imagine. He is working and moving through your infertility story. Trust Him through the confusing days. And look for the ridiculousness of God!