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I have a Bible verse that has become my favorite verse. It represents a promise God made and has kept in my life. When I read it I cry. When I think about it I cry. When I look at the children God has blessed me with, I remember this verse and I cry. Let me start with some background.

I decided when I was four years old that I wanted nothing more in life than to be a mommy. When I was in my preteen years I decided that 10 children should just about do it. During middle school I changed that to be "at least 10 children". Highschool was hard for me. Due to my neighborhood school being over run with crime I was sent to a public college prep school. I really never wanted to go to college. In my eyes I did not need college to be a mommy. I did the least amount of work in highschool to get by. Im pretty intelligent and in hindsight I should have done better. I did a few years of community college and that sealed the deal for me. College was just not in my future. I met my husband right after I turned 20.  Twelve days before my 22 birthday we were married. When we were dating  I almost broke up with him. He questioned the wisdom of bringing children into our world today. I looked at him in disbelief. "Im wasting my time!" I declared. "Im having kids!"  We worked through that and he said that he was not against having children, it was just a thought he'd be pondering. After we got married we decided to chemically prevent children for a year. A year later I stopped using the chemicals. A year later my cycle was still not back to normal. Things looked bleak. My mom mention foster care and I grasped that thought like someone on the Titanic would grasp a life boat. My husband conceded to looking into it. We started classes in October of 2002. In May of 2004 we got our license and our first placement. A beautiful blond haired, blue eyed thirteen month old boy. I fell instantly in love. We had other children come and go, but he stayed. In Oct of 2004 we welcomed two sweet precious little girls. In July of 2005 we moved in the sister to our sweet little girls. In January of 2006 our first little boy's mom gave birth to his little brother. We took him home from the hospital. On March 31, 2006 we will sign adoption papers on all five of these beautiful, wonderful children. We still have not been blessed with a baby of our own yet, but God has certainly blessed us with a housefull of kids.
Wanna know what my verse is???? I think it could be true inspiration to any woman out there experiencing infertility.

Psalms 113:9, "He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."