Sweet Encouragment for ALL Women this Mother's Day, Plus a Sweet Deal!

Today a friend of mine had shared a link on Facebook that caught my attention.  The link led me to a blog post titled, "For Moms, Former Moms, and Wannabe Moms."  You see, this caught my attention because I fall into two of these categories.  I fall into the "Mom" category, one of God's many gifts of grace in my life for which I'm so thankful, but I also fall into the "Wannabe Moms" category, which isn't always as easy to be thankful for.  Up until recently, I hadn't really shared with anyone (with the exception of family and a couple close friends), but we've been struggling with secondary infertility.  Though we have been through numerous trials in our 5 years of marriage, this is by far the most difficult.  Hopefully I'll be able to share more about this journey which God is leading us through at another time, but for now, I just want to share a small portion.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, which I'm anticipating will be a bittersweet day for me.  While I will enjoy celebrating the joy that comes with motherhood, it will be another reminder of the children I don't and maybe never will have.  However, as Wendy points out in her post (which I would encourage you all to read), 

...understand that unfulfilled desire is a tool He uses to give you even better things – things of Himself that you cannot know in easy ways. Believe in confidence that this time of waiting is not just a holding pattern with no discernible value, but it too is a blessing, albeit in disguise, as it increases your strength to run and not grow weary and to walk and not to faint.  

This is something that I've had to preach to myself daily.  God is not allowing this to happen because of any reason other than that He loves me.  While the world may try to convince me otherwise, I know this to be true.  I can be thankful for my trial because it forces and causes me to look to the gospel on more than a daily basis.  Through the pain and tears, I'm able to have hope because I know that God loves me, is in sovereign control over my life, that He is doing what is best for me, and that there are far greater things (even greater than children) to come!

Ok, now on a completely unrelated note (but I wanted to let you all know), Starbucks is offering half-price frappuccinos during happy hour (between 3 and 5) until May 15!  You can go here to get more info.