"I'm too young to be dealing with this—God must be punishing me."
How it sounds in your head: Your friends are worrying about which college to attend while you're researching fertility specialists. This feels like an old person's problem, like you skipped ahead to suffering you weren't supposed to face yet. It must mean something's wrong with you specifically.
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you."
-- Joel 2:25Enemy twisting unexpected suffering into evidence of God's personal displeasure instead of living in a broken world under grace.
Infertility statistically happens more to older women, so experiencing it in your teens feels like a targeted attack. The rarity makes it feel personal and punitive.
Rebekah was barren as a young woman, married to Isaac who was 40 when they wed. Isaac prayed, the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah conceived twins who became the fathers of nations—instant answer, massive impact.
I REFUSE the lie that early suffering equals divine punishment. IT IS WRITTEN that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. My age doesn't determine God's favor—His covenant does. IT IS WRITTEN that He will restore the years the locusts have eaten. Whatever time feels stolen, God is faithful to redeem with compound interest. I am not cursed; I am blessed coming in and going out. I am the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath, and that includes my reproductive timeline. The BARAK blessing doesn't have an age requirement. Abraham's descendants are blessed through all generations, and I am his seed through Christ.
The Father isn't punishing you for being young any more than He punished Rebekah. He's already running toward you with restoration for every stolen moment, and He specializes in giving back more than what was lost—with decades ahead to enjoy it.