All Aboard the Fact, Faith, Feeling Train
Continuing to talk about grief, I want to share with you how grieving has affected my faith. I wish I could say that I met infertility with a strong, deep belief in the goodness of Jesus, and that I had some really spiritual response as I moved through my grief. I am sorry to say that I had the opposite reaction. As a person of faith in Jesus, I believe that everything I do and everything I go through comes through the hand of God. I firmly believe that God is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe and by Him, to Him, and through Him are all of our experiences in life. But how does this faith in God work when He hands us pain, brokenness, and grief? How can His goodness allow such pain? These are all huge questions that I realize can make or break people's faith. I don't pretend to understand or know fully how to answer these questions, but what I can do is tell you about my experience in exploring them. When I sat down to do my intake with my counselor, she asked me...