Couple of months ago, I met few old friends and we were discussing about marriage, life and kids. The ones with kids showed all the pictures and were talking so much about how naughty and cute they are. One of the girls sat so quite during the whole conversation. The CID that I am, I kept noticing her. She rather dint have anything much to say. Someone suddenly asked her, “How many kids do you have”. She said “none”. Immediately another one asked, “How long have you been married?” She said “Seven years”. The Indians that we are, we are so curious about others life. Another asked “Aren’t you trying? She sadly said we tried everything we could, we have a major infertility issue which can’t be solved”.
There was an awkward silence. My heart sunk! I wish I could say something to comfort her. I didn’t know what to say. I wanted to cry for her. I said, “Lord, please have mercy on her”. I wish she was a Christian. I wish she read the Bible.
After this incident, I couldn’t stop thinking about her. I started studying on barrenness. Can God heal barrenness? Of course, He can. He is the one who opens the wombs and closes them. Nothing is impossible for Him. Here are few encouraging verses of how God restored barrenness in the Bible.
1. When the Lord remembers
And the LORD remembered Hannah. So in the course of time she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him."
1 Samuel 1:20
Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.
Genesis 30:22
2. When the Lord is gracious
And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters.
1 Samuel 2:21
Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
Genesis 21: 1-2
3. When you pray on behalf of someone
Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant and gave birth to TWINS.
Genesis 25:21/24
But the angel said to Zechariah: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
Luke 1:13
4. When God promises
Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
Genesis 21: 1-2
You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.
Deuteronomy 7:14
There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Exodus 23:26
5. When God shows His favor
The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
Luke 1:25
6. When you believe
By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews 11:11
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nation
Romans 4:18
7. When you worship God
Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”
1 Samuel 1:19, 20
Would you still keep trusting - hoping - believing against all hopes?
