Rejoice with those who rejoice
Baby,
There is something that you will learn as you grow up and get older. I am still learning this more and more every day. There are times in life when certain commands from God are more difficult than others. For example, when I was a kid, the command to honor my father and mother was much more difficult than it was when I got older. But there is one command in the Bible that I never even really considered a command. Because it didn't come across as something that would ever be difficult to do.
Romans 12:15 says, "Rejoice with those who rejoice"
Doesn't seem like it would be too hard, right?
For some reason, this command has been my biggest struggle over the past couple of months. Possibly because everywhere I look, there are people rejoicing over the one thing that your daddy and I are dying to have. I might be able to outwardly "rejoice" with others that are pregnant, but it has been so difficult for me to truly rejoice with them like I am commanded to in this verse.
At times I only want to obey the part of this verse that says "and weep with those who weep". At times I just want people to cry with me, or for me. At times I just want to be sad. But in those moments, your daddy always reminds me that one day we will be able to rejoice for ourselves. Whether it's because we find out we are pregnant with you, or we find out we are adopting you; our rejoicing will be so sweet. Sweeter than I could ever have imagined. Sweeter than if we had gotten pregnant on the exact day we "planned" for it to happen. Sweeter than if we had gotten pregnant after 2 months, or 3 months, or 6 months. I cannot wait for that perfectly, predestined day to come!
In the meantime, I will continue to pray that my rejoicing for others will not only be outward rejoicing, but that I would be able to truly rejoice with others, even if they are rejoicing over something that I want but have not yet gotten.
I love you more with every passing day, and I cannot wait to teach you these life lessons that God is teaching me through all of this!
- mommy
There is something that you will learn as you grow up and get older. I am still learning this more and more every day. There are times in life when certain commands from God are more difficult than others. For example, when I was a kid, the command to honor my father and mother was much more difficult than it was when I got older. But there is one command in the Bible that I never even really considered a command. Because it didn't come across as something that would ever be difficult to do.
Romans 12:15 says, "Rejoice with those who rejoice"
Doesn't seem like it would be too hard, right?
For some reason, this command has been my biggest struggle over the past couple of months. Possibly because everywhere I look, there are people rejoicing over the one thing that your daddy and I are dying to have. I might be able to outwardly "rejoice" with others that are pregnant, but it has been so difficult for me to truly rejoice with them like I am commanded to in this verse.
At times I only want to obey the part of this verse that says "and weep with those who weep". At times I just want people to cry with me, or for me. At times I just want to be sad. But in those moments, your daddy always reminds me that one day we will be able to rejoice for ourselves. Whether it's because we find out we are pregnant with you, or we find out we are adopting you; our rejoicing will be so sweet. Sweeter than I could ever have imagined. Sweeter than if we had gotten pregnant on the exact day we "planned" for it to happen. Sweeter than if we had gotten pregnant after 2 months, or 3 months, or 6 months. I cannot wait for that perfectly, predestined day to come!
In the meantime, I will continue to pray that my rejoicing for others will not only be outward rejoicing, but that I would be able to truly rejoice with others, even if they are rejoicing over something that I want but have not yet gotten.
I love you more with every passing day, and I cannot wait to teach you these life lessons that God is teaching me through all of this!
- mommy
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