a woe as a blessing?

The promises of God are great because He is Faithful. But what about when the answer is no? Is he still Faithful? I have struggled with this and will continue to struggle until his Glorious Appearing.
I awoke yesterday morning to the Casting Crowns song "Voice of Truth", which God has used in my life concerning infertility- The Voice of Truth says this is for My Glory. I had been having irregular cramping and as a woman who longs for a baby, everything out of the ordinary calls for celebration and nursery planning (I tend to get the cart before the horse a little, but I can't help it)
When I was cooking breakfast I knew my period started and the hope of a baby this month was gone, again...

Then the Lord Jesus reminded me of a woe He himself said "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!" What a wonderful blessing for me to see through my tears. God is good and He is Faithful, and He knows exactly when a baby should or shouldn't be born. I often remind my clients that there is a method to my madness. Well there is a method to the Creator of the Universe as well, and who am I that I should question his Sovereign ways?

I don't think I will ever stop waiting for that baby. I will always be thinking of creative ways that I can announce to the world that God has heard and answered my cry. I will always tear up when I am around new babies, and I may just continue to wonder if there is something I have done wrong to not deserve a child.   

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord

 I will choose to rejoice in His goodness and Faithfulness all the days of my life.

 For more on my blessed woe:
Matt 24

The Great Tribulation

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’^[c] spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), ¹⁶ “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. ¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

Mark 13

The Great Tribulation

¹⁴ “So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’^[d] spoken of by Daniel the prophet,^[e] standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵ Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. ¹⁶ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁷ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸ And pray that your flight may not be in winter. ¹⁹ For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be. ²⁰ And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.