The Atonement and the Pain of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

On Saturday Taylor and I had the opportunity to go to Thanksgiving Point Gardens with my brother Aaron and my best friend Sara. We have been hearing about a new garden that they have there and have been wanting to see it ever since. The garden is called The Light of the World garden. Its a bunch of statues and they are amazing pieces of art. Right now there are two very large statues but the plan is to make all the small ones into a lot larger versions and expand the garden. The garden is a little bit hidden and when we went, there was nobody else around. It was so peaceful and calming and turned out to be quite a spiritual experience for me. Here are some of the statues:

All of the statues were amazing but there is one that stood out a lot more for me. We came to this one:

The details on this piece were remarkable. I then walked under the statue and looked at the face. The picture doesn't do it justice. The face was depicted so well. The pain and sadness in the face brought so many emotions. As I stood there and looked at the face I was thinking about how Christ suffered for each one of us. He suffered for all of our sins, trials, and pains. I then thought about my recent miscarriage and how He knew what it would feel like to go through something so hard and He knew how hard it would be for someone to go through infertility and related trials. At times through this journey I have definitely had my struggles and wondered why I was going through this and wondered if He was there. He definitely is though and he paid the ultimate price. He is one that knows exactly what I am going through and knows exactly what I am feeling. He wouldn't want any of His children to go through these hard things, but its part of the plan. Through the Atonement, all of the pain, frustration, discouragement, and tears will be multiplied in happiness, joy, love, and tears of joy. It will be this way for me as well as all others who need to go through infertility, pregnancy loss, and related trials.

I am so happy we had the chance to visit that garden. It helped me so much with the feelings I was having through the past little while, and helped me to grow closer to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.