A True Easter Miracle

I share this story every Easter, but the Hope of Jesus in this story is too good not to share!

Easter Sunday 2012...

Tim and I had been attending a new church for a few weeks. We were in the middle of our fight with infertility, and we felt like we were fighting a losing battle. We expected my body to signal us that weekend that it was time to go in for an IUI, in which we would immediately call the on-call number and go have the procedure performed. We knew it couldn't happen without medical intervention, so all our hope rested in that. Sunday morning it still hadn't happened, and I was feeling discouraged. While sitting in the Easter service at church our pastor said something that spoke to me about our struggles. I shut out everything around me and began talking to God about our infertility while sitting there in my seat. It was the first time in my life that I very, very clearly heard God speak words to me as if having a face-to-face conversation. He said, "Relax! You WILL conceive and give birth to a healthy child."

When we walked out to our car after the service I was crying. I told Tim what happened, and he began tearing up, too.

We waited and tested... nothing.

We waited more and tested more... nothing.

Another week went by, and my body wasn't cooperating. We were broken hearted. That meant another month had gone by with still no baby.

I cried. I questioned God. I questioned if He truly spoke to me or if it was just my wishful thinking. Deep down I knew better, but my disappointment and emotions took over. I doubted it would ever happen.

Another week went by, and I decided I just wanted a glass of wine. I always took a pregnancy test back then before having a drink just to make sure I wasn't pregnant, even though I knew I couldn't be.

It was POSITIVE.

I couldn't speak... I could hardly even breathe... as I took it to Tim to show him. He was in disbelief. How could it be positive? He had me take another... Positive! And another... Positive!! We went to the doctor... Positive!!

When we went in for our first ultrasound the technician measured the baby to determine the gestational age. I bawled on the table as she figured the date of conception....

EASTER SUNDAY!!!

In January of 2013 we brought into this world our precious little healthy baby boy. After a few days we were given bad news on his newborn test results. We were devastated. Our pastor and his wife came to our house to pray over our baby boy. Our sweet baby endured more testing. While waiting impatiently for the results I was asked to speak to a group of women at our church women's conference about our testimony. I was too emotional and felt I couldn't do it. As I prayed about it God reminded me of the promise He had made... "Relax! You WILL conceive and give birth to a HEALTHY child." Yet again He fulfilled His promises to me. (Luke 1:45) Test results all came back perfect!

As if that's not enough, let's go ahead and add to the story while we're talking about how amazing our God is...

Easter Sunday 2013...

I received a weird feeling inside that I was pregnant. I thought it was just me reminiscing on what had happened the year prior, so I tried to ignore it. There was no way I could be! Right?!? After a few days I couldn't get it out of my mind, so I tested. POSITIVE!! December of that year our second sweet baby boy made his entrance into this world. And to add to the blessings, exactly 19 months later we gave birth to our little princess.

We were believers. We prayed. We read our bibles. We had faith in God. Yet we didn't have faith in our situation. It had consumed us. It was all we thought about. We were discouraged, disappointed, and broken-hearted. But Psalm 34:18 tells us that "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. He rescues those whose spirits are crushed." And rescue us he did indeed!

Just as Easter is about the greatest miracle ever, God gave us an Easter miracle of our own. I believe it is our duty to continue sharing it so that it may give hope to someone in a time of struggle.

Our pastor said it best... "The story of Easter is HOPE where there is disbelief."

He is Risen.

He is Miraculous.

He is Hope!!