I just had to share this story because God is too good for me not to!

I knew that writing the end of Inconceivable Redemption: God’s Presence in Miscarriage and Infertility would really be just a beginning. With the same faithfulness that God has redeemed so many broken parts of my life, He will continue to redeem. My fervent prayer in writing this book was that He would use it to spark faith and hope in others experiencing pain to witness His redemption in their lives as well.

In the very last paragraph of the book, I wrote:

I know that my expectations for God’s work in your life are high. Right now you may be thinking that it is impossible. I once thought the same, But I can assure you that it is more than possible. Even my boldest prayers for you cannot begin to fathom the plans that He has in store! The depth of God’s redemption truly is inconceivable.

Since writing those words I have prayed them countless times over different women- asking God to prove Himself to them in their pain and loss as incredibly as He has to me in mine. He has not failed me!

I had high expectations, and He has SO FAR EXCEEDED them! Here is the story that is just too amazing not to share:

After writing the book, I assembled a group of five women at my church who had walked through miscarriage and infertility in their own lives to read through the manuscript with me and give me their feedback based on their unique experiences. Each one had a different story, as we all do. One had experienced multiple miscarriages between her four living children. One had experienced multiple miscarriages between her three living children. One had experienced a late term miscarriage in between her three children.

Two of the ladies, Megan and Rachel, had stories similar to mine. One had experienced one early miscarriage and the other had experienced two. They were both were in the middle of a season of infertility which followed. They were still waiting on God, still praying, still seeking, still struggling through the constant questions and doubts and swirling emotions.

I had been hesitant to ask Megan and Rachael if they wanted to be in the group because I know how painful it is to try to rejoice with others who have experienced God’s redemption in their lives while still waiting for Him to work miracles in my own life. But I also knew that if the book was not helpful to women in the depth of their loss and pain, it would not be worth writing. I also felt that hearing stories from other women who knew their pain would bring them hope.

Megan and Rachael both agreed wholeheartedly to take part in the project. We met as a group for three weeks, covering two chapters each week. We prayed over the material, discussed each idea in depth, dissected word choice, and checked the theological soundness in each scripture applied. All the while, the brave women in this group laid their hearts bare and shared their stories with one another. It was a beautiful, vulnerable and life-giving process. I prayed fervently for Megan and Rachael each week before we met, that God would bring about His inconceivable redemption into their brokenness as He had in mine, whatever that may look like in their own lives.

Before we met for our third and final time, I got a text from Megan, She had recently moved and was driving an hour to come back in town for each of our meetings. While on the road, she felt the urge to stop at a gas station and take a pregnancy test. Her text to me was pretty straightforward.

“I’m pregnant. What the heck?”

Seriously. What the heck? What are the odds that not only would one of our two group members still waiting on a baby would get pregnant at any point, much less during the short three week period in which we were meeting as a group?! I was absolutely amazed by God’s redemption. His timing is perfect.

Why are we so surprised when God answers our prayers? We know He is capable and yet, it is still so amazing to see Him move!

Megan decided not to share the news with our group during our meeting time that week out of respect and sensitivity for Rachael, and I agreed with her decision. Weeks went by, and I prayed constantly for a healthy baby and pregnancy for Megan. She reached the twelve week mark and she announced her news to family and friends. We all rejoiced with her!

A few days after her announcement I was meeting with some ladies at a miscarriage and infertility support group. Afterwards, I was chatting with one of the members when she made an off-hand comment saying, “Well, I’m sure you know that Rachael is pregnant.”

“WHAT?!?”

“Oh, you didn’t know?”

“WHAT?!?”

I almost fell out of my chair. Literally. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. What are the odds??? That BOTH of the women in my group in infertility would get pregnant within just a few months of each other? I’m not sure why I wanted to keep checking “the odds” on this because they don’t apply to God (obviously). Not. A. Coincidence. Hardly even a scientific possibility, much less probability.

I left the group and immediately called Rachel. Our conversation was mostly laughing, guffawing and me being generally overwhelmed at God’s goodness as she told me that she was also twelve weeks along. She had found out she was pregnant during our second week of meeting together, but hadn’t wanted to share out of respect and sensitivity for Megan. We couldn’t stop repeating to each other how GOOD GOD IS! I asked all the usual questions- When is the due date? When do you find out the gender? etc. What an exciting time!

When I got off of the phone with her, I immediately called Megan, who already knew Rachel’s news at this point. We laughed and guffawed some more, unable to stop talking about God’s incredible faithfulness. I asked her the same questions about the gender reveal and the due date. When she told me the date, I almost wrecked my car.

You guys.

THEY HAD THE SAME DUE DATE!

God should not reveal Himself so clearly while I am driving. Okay, God, there is redemption, and then there is this, which is just plain showing off! Just when I think I have seen it all, He goes and does something so incredible that I have no other response that to sit down in utter amazement and worship Him. God wanted there to be no mistake that this was planned, orchestrated, and from Him and Him alone.

I wrote the book and I entitled it “Inconceivable Redemption” so you would think that I would see redemption that is truly inconceivable coming, but no. God surprises me every time. Just when I think I have studied the chess board of life and figured out God’s next possible move, He knocks all the pieces on the floor, flips the board over, and shows me that He has been playing a different game all along.

In the book I say, almost as a disclaimer, that God does not work the same way twice, that each person’s story will be different. Redemption doesn’t always come in the form of a baby. I realize that while this is true, I shouldn’t say it as a disclaimer, but as an expectant prayer of surrender, knowing that God’s plans for us are SO MUCH BETTER than ours that they truly are inconceivable!

I still shake my head in awe at what God has done and is doing. I just can’t believe how incredible He is to us. And I continue to pray for Rachael and for Megan, and for you.

God is writing your story, and it has a good ending. A great ending! An inconceivable plot twist of redemption. Even if you are waiting for it and praying for it, it will still take you by surprise!

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