Mothers Not Yet Mommies

This post is for all you non-mothers on this mother day weekend-to all you women who long to hold a baby in your arms, who grieve each month when you see that negative pregnancy test.  This is for all you who are forgotten on this day and grieve in silence.

 

God’s promises include:

1. He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD. Psalm 113:9
2. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
    
   And promises that I clung to in my time of waiting and sorrow:

1. I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
   Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14
2. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:2

In the midst of waiting sometimes I clung to these promises and sometimes I hated them.  How long does one have to wait?  If God gave me the desire to have a baby, then why doesn’t he give me a baby? Questions plagued me and doubts threatened to take over.  My prayers day after day weren’t heard-or at least I didn’t feel like they were.

I can’t promise that God will you give you a baby and make you a mommy.  But I want you to know that I pray for you and my heart goes out to you.  I rejoice when I hear that someone who has been wanting a baby is pregnant or adopting.  I cry and my heart hurts when I hear of yet another person who prays and doesn’t hear an answer.

So on this Mother’s Day weekend, know that I am thinking of you-the women long to be mommies and all the things that go with it.  Know that you are in my heart and you are not forgotten; you do not grieve alone.