Girlfriends, episode number 227, Catholic faith and hope when facing infertility with Deborah Vermeer.

Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find

peace, balance, and joy in family living. This week, we are talking with author Deborah Vermeer

from all the way in Australia about a Catholic face of infertility. Can't wait to take on this

important topic with you. Let's get going.

Hey, girlfriends, how are you? I hope that you are doing well. I am working a little bit ahead. So looking into the future, I'm hopeful that in a couple of weeks when this show

publishes will be in a different place as a country. Things have been

very unsettled and disturbing to watch the news. I've been unsure what exactly is our role.

And that's part of what we talked about last week, right? When you were talking about the ways in which

God calls us to

mission to do his work on earth and the fact that we are born in such a time as this is not an accident.

We're called to live in the world that God has placed us in. He has a special mission, a unique

mission for you and for me inside of our unique circumstances. But just know that I am praying for

you and I am praying for our world. I'm praying for those who suffer injustice and

praying for peace and an end to division asking for God to bless our nation, bless our world

with peace and unity. I know we won't ever have that with perfection

here on earth, but I think we could have it in a much greater capacity than we're currently experiencing.

So if you're struggling with these things, if you're struggling with your place in the world

and figuring out exactly what we can do in the face of evil and injustice, violence, and the kinds of division

that we face every day, even just when you open up your Facebook page, know that I am praying

for you. I always pray for the audience of the Girlfriends Podcast, and I'm praying in a special

way for our community here of Girlfriends, that we will know our place, that we will know the ways in which God is calling

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