I need some prayers, please!

[PennStateCutie]

Marilyn,
Thank you so much - it truly warms my heart to know that people are out there thinking about me . Things are going well here. We find out the results of insemination #3 on Thursday. I have been having some symptoms, but I'm trying not to read into them...it's just so hard when we've been trying for so long.

[misothere]

Continued prayers for your miracle.

[june72]

Just wondering how things went and how you all are doing! Also to let you know you are still in out thoughts and prayers!

[katlnhats]

Hi,
Continued prayers and hoping for a miracle for you both this time!

Hugs,
Marilyn

[june72]

Continued prayers!

We are wondering about you and how you are doing! Pop in when you get a chance.

[PennStateCutie]

Thanks for all your positive thoughts & prayers. I found out late on Friday that attempt #3 also failed. DH & I discussed it and decided that we're going to be more aggressive now - we're scheduled to do in-vitro in late June, which is really a 2-month process that will begin now. I will keep you updated!

[june72]

((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))
I am sorry that it didn't work this time either! Please don't give up! Praying that God touches you both in a mighty way and that his will be done!
Keep the faith and don't get discouraged

[misothere]

Praying things work out the 4th. attempt for you both.

[katlnhats]

(((((((((PENN))))))))))))

So sorry that the third attempt didn't work, but this is something altogether new that you'll be trying, isn't it? Please do keep us all updated -will continue to keep you in our prayers. Don't give up, miracles happen every day!
Hugs,
Marilyn

[PennStateCutie]

Yep, Marilyn - this will be something new! So far, we have done three medicated "intrauterine inseminations" (IUIs) - the next step is probably more effective (but much more expensive - like $10,000 PLUS $5,000 in meds!), in-vitro fertilization. Keep us in your prayers...it's a very intense process!

Teri

[mrslisaspear]

I have read through your string of prayer requests and your trials. How heartbreaking this must be for you. I am so glad that our God is in the heart mending business. He loves His children more than we could ever possibly love our own. God doesn't tell us that we will ever understand His ways but to trust them because His ways are best.

Suffering Precedes Liberation
1 Peter 5:10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, established and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you.

Don't Get Discouraged
Psalm 42:5
Why are you cast down, O inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and My God.

The Force of Hope
Romans 4:18-20
[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.
He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened womb].
No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promis of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God.

Expect to Receive! To Receive, Expect!
Isaiah 30:18
And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy , and His matchless, unbroken companionship].

Pray for your miracle-expecting that God wants to give it to you more than you desire it!
Blessings!

[PennStateCutie]

I just found out today that we will not "make it" in time for the June in-vitro (IVF) cycle...we now have to wait until August. I am positively devastated. It feels worse than I've ever felt before. I really had my hopes up about the June IVF...this is just such a hard blow My faith is really taking a toll...I feel like God doesn't want things to go right for us, or they already would have...I know it's not true, but it just hurts so bad...

[galena]

((P.S.C.)) You're only 27 years old. Don't give up hope. Many couples are in the same situation and it sometimes takes a little time. Continue to pray and know that so many people are sending positive thoughts your way!!

[misothere]

Perhaps God just wants you to have a baby at a different time of year? You seemed to have waited this long - so what's a couple more months? Timing is everything & when you & your husbands time is "meant to be" - then "it shall be"! Keep the faith sweety - praying for your miracle!

[mrslisaspear]

HOLDING PATTERNS

Many times, God will allow a painful situation or a painful circumstance in our life to "swallow us up." This season in our spiritual growth is a holding pattern. We can't move to the left or the right. All we can do is sit, like Jonah sat in the belly of that great fish, so God can have our undivided attention and speak to us.

God put Jonah in a holding pattern because He needed to speak to his heart. Jonah was all alone. There were no friends to call, no colleagues to drop by, no books to read, no food to eat, no interference's, and no interruptions. He had plenty of time to sit, think, meditate, and pray.

When we're deep down in the midst of a difficult situation, God can talk to us. When He has our undivided attention, He can show us things about ourselves that we might not otherwise have seen.

A few of God's holding patterns...

1. When you are sick in your physical body and you have prayed, but you're not yet healed, you are in a holding pattern.

2. When you are having problems with your children and you have put them on the altar, but God has not delivered them yet, you are in a holding pattern.

3. When you have been praying for a loved one to return to God, and they have not come back yet, you are in a holding pattern.

4. When you are in a broken relationship and you have given it over to God, but it has not been restored yet, you are in a holding pattern.

5. When the doors slam shut before you can even knock on them, you are in a holding pattern.

When we are deep in the belly of a difficult situation, there are no interruptions. God has our undivided attention. All we can do is sit, think, meditate, and pray. Like Jonah, we cannot run from God, because there are no mountains that are high enough, valleys that are low enough, rivers that are wide enough, rooms that are dark enough, or places that are hidden from Him.

We must remember to praise Him while we're waiting, and remember three things:

1. The pattern has a purpose.

2. The pattern has a plan.

3. The pattern has a process.

So stop struggling and start listening, praying and trusting. He'll keep you right where you are until you can clearly hear Him say, "I love you."
When you let go and trust God completely...he will give you everything that you desire.