I really love Sarah’s birth story. We don’t actually get to hear how she physically gave birth to Issac, which is too bad because personally I would love to hear how a woman who was almost 100 years old handled childbirth, but we do get to hear a lot about her journey towards becoming a…
Personally really LOVE Mother’s Day. I love it that at least once a year we get the opportunity to express our appreciation for all the women who sacrifice so much to bring children into this world and to raise them. Yet, I also know MANY women that struggle with Mother’s Day because they haven’t had…
Bilhah and Zilpah were the handmaidens (servants) of the patriarch Jacob’s wives, Leah and Rachel. Rachel, who was Jacob’s favorite wife, had not been blessed with children. While Leah, Rachel’s older sister, had given birth to four sons. Genesis 30 records that, “…when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister;…
Image Source Last week would have been the due date of the baby I miscarried in December. I’d heard from other women who’d had miscarriages that passing the lost baby’s due date was hard, but I didn’t realize quite how hard. I thought that because I already had a new little life growing, thriving, and…
Before I begin my series on birth stories from the scriptures I feel like I need to address the topic of infertility. Most of the stories about birth in the scriptures revolve around women’s inability to have children. In fact I’d say that the trial of infertility is one that God has given to some…
Amanda sent me her story and I was so touched by it. Her perspective on life and on eternity is beautiful and I love how studying the scriptures has impacted her life is such a profound way. Here is what she wrote: Rebekah’s story is very close to my heart. My husband and I struggled…