Rachel and Leah

I have been really trying to dig into God's word lately and it is amazing how much God has taught me. I struggled with primary infertility while trying to get pregnant with Ryder. It was easy to find stories in the Bible that related to what I was going through then... Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth. But struggling with secondary infertility I never really could find anything that really seemed to relate to me in the Bible. Now after 22 months of dealing with this, God has really spoken to me through His word. I reread the story of Rachel and Leah. A story that we all learned about growing up. But something really struck me in the heart as I was reading this passage the other night. Both suffered secondary infertility. It is found in Genesis 28 and 29. Take a chance to read it. You will be amazed and comforted. Rachel was barren, but Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a boy on 4 different occasions. After Leah's 4th son Judah was born she stopped having children. Leah saw that she had stopped having children. Her son brought her mandrakes. Leah went to Jacob and they slept together. God listened to Leah and she became pregnant with a fifth son and then a sixth son and then a seventh child, a daughter. Then God remembered Rachel, listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant.

The words that really spoke out to me was, "The Lord listened to her and opened her womb." Right then and there I really realized how important prayer was and how much the Lord does answer. God can take an infertile woman such as myself and allow me to become pregnant if it is His Will. The Lord placed this scripture in my life a few nights ago for a reason and I am very grateful.