I read this prayer online this morning, from someone I don't know, but someone who loves the Lord and wants a child as badly as I do....I was encouraged, convicted, inspired, I want to pray this prayer every day.
Lord, help me to know that You are enough.
Take my eyes off of myself.
Take my eyes off of the child I desire.
Help me to delight myself in You.
Mold the desires of my heart to be in line with Your will.
I don't want to need to be a mother more than I need to be your humble, obedient child.
I don't want wanting to have a baby to be a stumbling block between You and me anymore.
Lord, I want to give this desire, this drive, this ache up to You.
Help me not to snatch it back as I so often do with the burdens I place in Your hands.
Help me to be truly content with Your will and Your timing.
Lord, You know that I still desire a baby - someone to mold, teach, train, shape, guide, and help to grow in You.
But until the day You give me that joyous blessing, help me to grow in You.
Let me reach out to those around me.
Let me witness and minister to the children You place in my path.
Lord, if adoption is the path You would have us take, prepare our hearts, and prepare the child who will share our home.
If adoption is not Your will for our lives, keep me from pushing ahead of Your plan.
Help me to stay submitted to my husband's will, and to Your will.
If we are headed in the wrong direction, change our hearts.
Thank You for lifting my burden.
Help me to keep You first! Let me seek Your face daily, and let me know that You are enough!
Fertility Prayer by Jennifer Saake
that's a beautifully humble and bold prayer. hugs and love to you today, Anna.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry you heart is aching, that your arms and womb remain empty as you look toward yet another Mother's Day. There are no words that truly speak to such ache. Proverbs 30:15b-16 probably captures the heartache better than any I know, "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!': the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!'"
ReplyDeleteI always amazes and humbles me to discover how God continues to use a pray I gave to Him nearly 16 years ago now. Rejoicing that it has blessed you this morning. I pray that it encourages you to know that in the years since I laid this cry before Him, He has answered my longing with three beautiful living miracles. I've also written a book on infertility called Hannah's Hope: Seeking God's Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage & Adoption Loss (this prayer is included there) and I would love to invite you to read the first chapter at www.HannahsHopeBook.com May I also encourage you to join us on in the Hannah's Prayer Community Forums at www.Hannah.org where you will find how very much "not alone" you are through this painful journey?
How did you find me Jennifer? Thank you so much for the prayer that blessed my heart today!
ReplyDeleteThe first line of that prayer really sums up what is at the root of everything we go through in our walk with Christ. That we would truly believe that Christ IS enough! Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteTruths in that prayer convicted and encouraged me.