All your hopes and fears are met in Him tonight

I know Christmastime can be a really challenging time for couples who are waiting for their baby. It’s a family time, a time for keeping traditions and making memories. For many people it’s a time for seeing relatives who may ask prying questions or tease too much. It’s a time of year when we often reflect on the last twelve months and how much things have changed. For those whose lives feel like they are measured by the month, that can be a truly painful thing. And even if we managed not to think too much about it all year, it becomes glaringly obvious that, once again, “this time next year” didn’t happen, and who knows if it will “this time next year.”

This original Christmas song by Sara Groves points to the meaning of Christmas that should give us more comfort than hurt this holiday. Christ came to calm our fears and bring true hope — hope for now and the time to come. He offers true peace, even in the worst times, and, most importantly, for eternal times.

Perhaps you will want to hide it in your heart for those evenings when you’re sitting with your family watching little kids run around and your heart is aching. Perhaps you’ll want to hold on to it for when you’re around the dinner table and aunt so-and-so asks when you two are finally going to start your family. Perhaps you’ll just want to treasure it today as a reminder of the Source of your true peace.

Ok so I really want to share this song but I can’t find the original online! The only version available is this sweet girl performing it (and it sounds great)! But I HAVE to share it with you… so I’m including this video, and a LINK to go buy the song, and the lyrics under the video. I’m sorry for this kind of anti-climatic ending! Go treat yourself for Christmas and buy the single, if not the whole beautiful album! 

Peace, peace, it’s hard to find
Trouble comes like wrecking ball
To your peace of mind
And all that worry you can’t leave behind you

All your hopes and fears
All your hopes and fears, oh
All your hopes and fears
Are met in Him tonight

Peace, peace, it’s hard to find
Doubt comes like a tiny voice that’s so unkind
And all your fears
They conspire to unwind you

And all your hopes and fears
All your hopes and fears, oh
All your hopes and fears
Are met in Him

And in your dark street shines
An everlasting light
And all your hopes and fears
Are met in Him tonight

And all your hopes and fears
All your hopes and fears, oh
All your hopes and fears
Are met in Him tonight

Peace, peace
Peace, peace
Peace, peace

Click to buy this beautiful Christmas album from Amazon.

Book Recommendation – 12 Days of Christmas for the Hurting

{As written on Rachel’s website.} At the very heart of RachelWojo.com is the desire to encourage and inspire; “12 Days of Christmas for the Hurting was born from the desire to encourage those hurting at Christmas. If there was a time of the year that we should be most joyful, it is Christmas! But for many, Christmas is a reminder of better days. Days before an accident…before a diagnosis…before a death in a close-knit family.

There are no words to express the ache I feel for those experiencing sorrow during this time. But the Word of God contains the words- and the power- to heal. Gifts from our True Love- our Heavenly Father- are available each and every day.

My encouragement to you is […] click here to finish reading this post from Rachel Wojo’s website. This post was not written for or by me — I appreciated it, so I shared it with you.

You may also enjoy my post featuring a list Rachel has compiled of Bible studies for women.

Book Recommendation – The Case for Christmas (Non-Infertility)

This isn’t related to fertility or trial, but I am sure there are many non-Christian and non-religious people who read my blog. I do like to recommend some “distractors” from time to time — resources to grow your faith, while keeping you from obsessing too much about your trial.

I became a Christian as a doubt-filled questioning teenager. One of the earliest books I read was Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ. It’s an excellent book about an atheist journalist’s “trial” of the Bible’s claims about Jesus. The proofs and arguments he uncovered led him to eventually follow Christ (he started his hunt to disprove his Christian wife, ironically enough).

Anyway, a few years ago around Christmastime I found this book for free on Kindle and decided to read it to compliment my holiday season. If you are a Christian looking to build your appreciation for “the reason for the season,” or a questioning onlooker seeking some answers, I really recommend this short read (less than 100 pages). It’s usually $.99 on Kindle, though it may be free again this month! It is Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christmas.

Lee Strobel has written several similar investigative books, including:

The Case for Easter

The Case for a Creator

The Case for Faith

A similar book from a different author is The Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell.