Related Episodes: Infertility is Never the End of the Story, From Trial to Triumph with Elizabeth Meyers, Life After Infertility with Sarah Sisson-Rollandini, In Due Time with Caroline Harries, Embryo Adoption with Maria Lancaster, Waiting in the Shepherd’s Field, Trust and Faithfulness, Patient Endurance, Peace Be Still, Is God Still Faithful in the Valley, Facing the Red Sea, Identity: What You’re Not, Identity: Unveiled, Ebenezer: Marking God’s Victory in my Story
In the last episode of the Infertility Series, Ashlee Filby discusses her story of failed fertility treatments, miscarriages, and finally her miracle baby who has had his own share of challenges. After losing five babies, John and Ashlee were blessed with Knox, who was born with an omphalocele and heart defect. An omphalocele is a congenital anomaly where abdominal organs are born outside of his body, requiring months in the NICU and several surgeries. After 10 months in the hospital, they made the hard decision to bring him home with a trach to help him breathe. Shortly after he came home, they had yet another miscarriage. Finally, in May of this year, they lost their baby girl at 13 weeks. Despite all of this, all of the trials, all of the pain, Ashlee is still determined to declare God’s faithfulness. She looks at all of her struggles and can recount all of the places she saw God with her. She also credits them for helping her become the best mom for Knox. In God’ poetic timing, this episode is releasing the week that she was scheduled for a C-section with her baby girl. Instead of delivering a baby, she is delivering a legacy of hope for those dealing with loss and disappointment. Her closing verse is what she used on the shirts to raise money for Ronald McDonald House in honor of Knox. She chooses to focus on the second half: that despite Satan’s attempts to disrupt their lives, they have faith that God is giving them an abundant life despite the loss. That is the hope that I am so excited to leave you with at the end of 2020.
John 10:10 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
