Perhaps no one in our country is dying of thirst for lack of water, but many are dying of another kind of thirst.
Soul thirst.
Soul thirst is the thirst you feel deep within you because you need to come into the presence of God and hear Him speak to you through His Word, the Bible.
When you are trying to conceive (TTC) and unable to get pregnant, it can make you weary. Trying to conceive, month after month, is exhausting, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
When we were trying to conceive, my emotions were all over the place. Sometimes, I was full of faith and hope. And sometimes, I felt bitter and numb inside, forcing my feelings down and not daring to hope–because it was too painful to hope.
But Christ met me in that wilderness place.
What if infertility affects more than your body? What if it also affects your…soul? While I was trying to conceive (TTC) I had more than a barren womb, I had a barren soul. Deep inside of me, there was an unfilled longing and ache. At the time, I didn’t have a language for what was going on inside of me….
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–An adoptive mother’s perspective on barrenness– by Robyn Kremser [Watch Robyn’s incredible adoption video-story here. ] There is just something about a baby in a basket that no one can resist. A tiny, precious, brand-new pink (or blue) bundle wrapped up in a swaddling blanket and lying in a brown woven basket is just too much for our human hearts…
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I was too embarrassed to talk about it. My infertility, that is. Maybe it was privacy, or maybe it was pride–but I couldn’t bring myself to talk about my infertility except with my husband, and doctor. (The Lord knew, of course, and I cried out to Him regularly.) But as far as other women, or friends, I simply didn’t know…
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