Has God ever told you to wait? A very dear friend of mine gifted me this book during a season of waiting in my life. A very difficult waiting season. One where I knew that what I wanted would not come until the season was over. There, of course, was a sliver of chance because God is bigger but according to the science, we would be waiting this one out in its entirety. If I am being honest, I put off reading it for quite a while. I thought that if I read it, it would just be another reminder that I was stuck in this waiting pattern. We had 5 months. That seemed like forever at the beginning. So I waited to read it, until now. And I am glad I did.

Wait

Here we are, in month 5 and I am more anxious than I ever have been. I have never waited for something like this. Things have always moved pretty fast in my life. In part to my own decision making but I think God just knew I was going to be moving at a high speed my whole life so it would be best for things to follow suit. But not this time. God had different plans for this time in my life.I do not like to wait. I can’t say I know the exact reason why this season is a part of my story but nonetheless here it is. I am sure there will be more clarity on the other side. Anyways, back to the book.

By the end of the first 20 pages, I was hooked. I was convinced that Elizabeth Laing Thompson read my mind and put all of my thoughts into this book. I couldn’t put it down. The words on the pages flowed as if they had come from my own heart. She used example after example from stories in the bible that I have read countless times but the way she broke them down gave me so much comfort. She made my waiting season seem bearable because it was nothing that some had gone through! Sometimes when we see or hear about people who are worse off it gives us the perspective we needed to stop feeling like our situation is the end of the world. Regardless, it is hard to wait.

Thank you

I can’t explain how much comfort this book has brought to me and I want to encourage anyone who may be in a similar boat as me to go grab you a copy! It might just bring you the same comfort and encouragement as it brought me. Thank you, Kramer, for gifting me this book. It has helped me more than you’ll ever know.

If you want to read more about our infertility journey, start here.