The God of Miracles; The God of Hope

Trusting God Through Infertility

The difference between fact and truth is simple. A fact is a true statement, but a true statement is certainly not the same as a statement of truth. Facts can change. We see it all the time in the science community. New data, emerging studies, and an uncovering of specific details that change what was once considered to be fact. 

The truth, however, is unchanging - an undercurrent of undeniable, unshakeable, unbreakable, and impenetrable truth is found in the most basic of forms: faith. When the odds seem stacked against you, rely on your faith to see what facts cannot - the truth. 

Walking a thin line of faith and fear, our testimony is one of facts from doctors and the truth we should all stand upon. 

My husband and I found each other late in life. At 36 years old, I had an out-of-body experience when I walked down the aisle to marry the love of my life. The things that drew him to me were also what drew me to him: our love for the Lord, our shared sense of humor, our penchant for all things considered geeky, and our troubling medical history of infertility. 

You see, only people who've walked the long, lonely road of being told that you can't have children would truly understand each other. It was extremely difficult to share that with someone you want to see your forever with, so for God to bring us together was a weight off of both of our shoulders. I still remember the night we both told each other about our infertility - trembling, hesitant voices sharing the surely devastating blow that would send the other fleeing for the hills. Instead, we found commonality in the pain.

Even more than that, we found faith. Not only did we share our circumstances, but we shared our discontent with any diagnoses we were given. We shared our heart's cry for the impossible that we knew God would do. This not only solidified that Hunter was the one for me, but it sealed our bond with faith not facts. 

The facts are that Hunter and I are both infertile. The truth is that we serve the God of Miracles; the God of Hope. We believe in God's power and we rest in the fact that He has made EVERYTHING beautiful - even the ugliness of infertility. We will see our family grow and I can't wait for my story to share in God's glory.

So, trust in the God of Miracles and believe in His truth - because the facts can, and will, change but His Word remains the same forever. 

- Tiffany Jackson