Don't you just love Sister Beck? There's a great website called mormonchannel.org that does interviews with church leaders (among many other things). My mom recently sent me a link to an interview with Sister Beck about motherhood. Around the 30 minute mark of the interview she talks about those women who have not been blessed with children. I LOVE what she has to say.
"It's a painful thing... to want children and not have them. I think its okay to mourn that. It's a very great grief and you can go through the stages of mourning but you don't live there. You can't spend eternity there. You can't spend this life there. Acknowledge that you're sad and lay it before the Lord and say 'Heal me and help me through this grief and this pain; this sadness. Because I don't want to live here in this spot. I want to be become productive and helpful and contributing. Don't negate my nature but help me get through a grieving process to a place where I can see and feel the joy'."
I can personally testify that the Lord WILL heal this sorrow. I have spent many days and nights on my knees in prayer. I know he hears us. I know he answers all our prayers differently but it is what we each need. And no matter how he answers those prayers (whether its the answer we want or not) he CAN heal us and bring us peace if we rely on him.
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