Question
Gramps,
My husband and I have been married for many years. We have 5 children and I have felt for quite some time that we need to add to our family. My husband does not feel the same. I have prayed with much sincerity to know my Heavenly Father’s will and continue to have this feeling of another Spirit in our home. Should I just forget about the impressions that I’ve had and drop the subject?
Angie
Answer
Dear Angie,
There are times in our lives when it is difficult to understand the mind and will of the Lord, and then to trust it. You seem to be in one of those moments, you feel that the Spirit is nudging you to have another baby, and yet your husband doesn’t feel the same way. The scriptures are full of stories of people asked to do difficult things which required them to trust the Lord and often to wait for His timing.
I assume you have already talked to your husband about this so my counsel is not to try and persuade him. Take your concerns to the Lord. Pour out your heart to him about how you feel prompted to have another child and your husband is not on board. Then ask the Lord to change your husband’s heart, or yours as needed. Be willing to trust the Lord’s timetable, like Abraham and Sarah. Though I don’t think He would literally make you wait that long…but possibly longer than you would hope.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5–6).
Gramps
