“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.”
I really have always adored these verses.
I watched a wonderful movie this morning. Plenty of people have told me to watch it. I finally did months later… “Facing the Giants,” I believe is the title. Of course the movie opens up with the wife, who appears to be over 30, staring at an Equate home pregnancy test. Side note: You know that you use too many HPTs when you see it for a split second on a movie scene and KNOW the brand immediately. It was the ole Equate, and of course it was negative.
I started crying hard immediately. I just know the feeling. Staring at a negative pregnancy test. It’s more common for me than a positive for sure.
Of course the movie also discusses her husband who is a high school football coach with a terrible six year losing season. All of the parents and even staff has lost faith in him having the ability to win a game and have a winning season. He goes to the doctor under his wife’s prodding to find out that he is the reason they have not been able to conceive for FOUR years. The movie doesn’t show those 6 years of bad football games and 4 years of no baby and month after month of trying to have a baby with negative pregnancy tests.
They end up focusing all of their energies on God. It’s more of a Christian movie really. I just remember about three lines that really spoke to me, “If we win, we’ll praise God. If we lose, we’ll praise God.” And from the wife, “I will love you even if I can’t have a baby…” Oh, wait.. add one more, when she’s telling her husband about how bad she wants kids and asks him, “How can you miss someone so much that you have never met?” (speaking of her unborn dream of children/family). I could relate to that one, too.
Only 14 months for me this time total… Lord knows probably 4 years would have sucked my spirit dry.
And as I said before, it’s not really anymore that everything goes well, though I pray it does, it’s just that if it doesn’t, that I don’t hate God and still love Him. I don’t want to find reason to turn from Him. He’s really shown Himself to me in so many ways through this process.
I really have always adored these verses.
I watched a wonderful movie this morning. Plenty of people have told me to watch it. I finally did months later… “Facing the Giants,” I believe is the title. Of course the movie opens up with the wife, who appears to be over 30, staring at an Equate home pregnancy test. Side note: You know that you use too many HPTs when you see it for a split second on a movie scene and KNOW the brand immediately. It was the ole Equate, and of course it was negative.
I started crying hard immediately. I just know the feeling. Staring at a negative pregnancy test. It’s more common for me than a positive for sure.
Of course the movie also discusses her husband who is a high school football coach with a terrible six year losing season. All of the parents and even staff has lost faith in him having the ability to win a game and have a winning season. He goes to the doctor under his wife’s prodding to find out that he is the reason they have not been able to conceive for FOUR years. The movie doesn’t show those 6 years of bad football games and 4 years of no baby and month after month of trying to have a baby with negative pregnancy tests.
They end up focusing all of their energies on God. It’s more of a Christian movie really. I just remember about three lines that really spoke to me, “If we win, we’ll praise God. If we lose, we’ll praise God.” And from the wife, “I will love you even if I can’t have a baby…” Oh, wait.. add one more, when she’s telling her husband about how bad she wants kids and asks him, “How can you miss someone so much that you have never met?” (speaking of her unborn dream of children/family). I could relate to that one, too.
Only 14 months for me this time total… Lord knows probably 4 years would have sucked my spirit dry.
And as I said before, it’s not really anymore that everything goes well, though I pray it does, it’s just that if it doesn’t, that I don’t hate God and still love Him. I don’t want to find reason to turn from Him. He’s really shown Himself to me in so many ways through this process.
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I love this Beth! This is the place that God calls us all to at different points in our lives over different issues. Will we still love Him if...? And Lucas is such a precious reward of your faith.
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