How to Wait Well: Guarding Hope
by Marilynn Chadwick
"I'm sorry," the nurse said gently, "you are not pregnant." I sat stunned. All signs had pointed to pregnancy. It looked like our long wait was over. But once again, our hopes were dashed. Month after month of disappointment had left me raw. I couldn't have imagined that waiting for something I desperately wanted would be so hard. Nor could I realize then that I would eventually come to find treasures in the dark place I called barrenness.
Maybe you've tasted a similar despair when gazing over the wreckage of broken dreams, wondering, "How can I possibly get back up and…
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