In this episode,
I'm going to talk about our infertility journey.
If that's something that you're not able to listen to right now,
I totally understand because I've been there and that's why I'm wanting to let you know.
Welcome to the April Sings a Lot podcast,
Where I share a story,
A song,
And invite you to sing along.
This is my story.
This is my song.
Several years ago,
My husband and I decided to start a family.
When things didn't happen,
We went in for some tests.
We got a diagnosis of infertility.
It meant that no matter how many procedures we were willing to endure or how much money we were willing to spend,
We would never be able to have children the way we always pictured it.
For years,
We struggled with what to do.
During that time,
So many people surrounded us with prayer.
I'm so thankful that others were believing for us when we didn't have the strength to believe for ourselves.
During that time,
My prayer became,
God,
You are not a cruel God.
You would never give me the desire to be a mother without also making a way for that to happen.
So either take away this desire or show me how.
And then I got on Google,
As you do when you're searching for God's will.
I found out about embryo adoption and everything just clicked.
When couples have undergone fertility treatments,
They often have unused embryos that remain frozen.
Embryo adoption gives these embryos a chance at life.
Our infertility diagnosis meant that I couldn't get pregnant,
But it didn't mean that I couldn't be pregnant.
We found an adoption agency in Washington State and we started the process.
After many months of paperwork and home studies and background checks,
We were matched with a family in the United Kingdom who had embryos stored in Boston.
Thanks to the generosity,
Efforts and prayers of people all over the world,
We became pregnant and our son was born.
Parenthood is an amazing honor and a huge responsibility.
Without the gift of adoption,
No part of my family's story would have been possible.
And that's why I'd like to lead into the song,
The solid rock.
This opening line says,
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest rain,
But wholly lean on Jesus name.
On Christ,
The solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest rain,
But wholly lean on Jesus name.
On Christ,
The solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness seems to hide his face,
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ,
The solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
His oath,
His covenant,
His blood support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ,
The solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
When he shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh,
May I then in him be found dressed in his righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
On Christ,
The solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
