Walking through Infertility Quotes

“A calling applies to a particular way God invites us to live in the world. One may be called to the law or to the classroom, to singleness or to marriage (1 Corinthians 7), to child-rearing or to childlessness. The call—and reasons for it—are Christ’s alone.”
― Matthew B. Arbo, Walking through Infertility: Biblical, Theological, and Moral Counsel for Those Who Are Struggling

“Every disciple of Jesus Christ is first a disciple, and then, in light of that first-order relation, he or she occupies other roles.”
― Matthew B. Arbo, Walking through Infertility: Biblical, Theological, and Moral Counsel for Those Who Are Struggling

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die!”
― Matthew B. Arbo, Walking through Infertility: Biblical, Theological, and Moral Counsel for Those Who Are Struggling

“God has not forgotten or forsaken you, but has instead, perhaps only for a time, given you a slightly different way of being family and thus of participating in his life and mission.”
― Matthew B. Arbo, Walking through Infertility: Biblical, Theological, and Moral Counsel for Those Who Are Struggling

“But to all those Christian couples who have not conceived, and who may never conceive, please take the following to heart: you are not being punished, you are not comparably less faithful, you are not failures, and your prayers are not somehow less efficacious. You are God’s child. You are a part of his family.”
― Matthew B. Arbo, Walking through Infertility: Biblical, Theological, and Moral Counsel for Those Who Are Struggling

“The purpose of these narratives is not to demonstrate why and how our fruitful God always triumphs over infertility, opening what is closed and answering every petition. That is an understandable but misleading conclusion to draw. The purpose, rather, is to highlight God’s covenant faithfulness. He always upholds his side of the promise.”
― Matthew B. Arbo, Walking through Infertility: Biblical, Theological, and Moral Counsel for Those Who Are Struggling