God answered my prayer!
David and I are expecting a new member in our family this coming February. We are ECSTATIC. Under the circumstances, I thought I would sideline from my regular posts and talk about family, and why ours is still growing.
After Logan (our second) was born, we discovered that I cannot do birth control. I am a danger to my children and myself when I am on it. No LOL's here, I am serious. We discussed the matter, prayed over it, and finally, went to the Word of God to see if God has an opinion on the subject. As it turns out, He does.
In a christian society where everyone seems to have conformed to the world's view on children, we found something quite different in the Bible. We found dozens of scriptures showing God's love of children. Here are a few:
The first commandment ever given to man is found in Genesis 1:28, "Be fruitful and multiply..."
Psalm 127:4-5, "As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them..."
I Timothy 2:14-15, "...the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding, she shall be saved in childbearing."
Throughout the Bible, barrenness was seen as a curse, and a shame. The one place where birth control was practiced, the man was struck dead for his sin. Leviticus 21:20 states that a man with reproductive problems could not serve in the priesthood. (Please, those that cannot have children, read Isaiah 56:4-5. God has not deserted those who "choose the things that please me". He has a blessing for you, too.) Elders in the New Testament not only had to have children, but those children had to be obedient.
The point is, God has blessed us with the ability to have children. He shows in His word that large families are a blessing. Who decided that 2-3 children was the maximum any family should have? If that was God's intention, wouldn't He have made us a little less fertile?
Interesting sidelight: Birth control pills became standard right about the same time women stole pants from men. The world tells us we must use both, and I try to hide the fact that I refuse to use either. Well, I'm tired of hiding. I love my children, and I love my skirts, and I love the way my life unfolds when I line up with the Word of God. I don't try to make anyone else live my life, but I wish people would quit condemning me for living it. I wish my friends and loved ones would be happy when they hear the news - instead of sarcasting asking, "Don't you know what causes that?" YES! I KNOW WHAT CAUSES IT AND I DID IT ON PURPOSE!
In case you haven't noticed, I am married - that makes sex legal. The same God that designed sex designed children as the result of sex. Children are not a curse - only the pain of childbirth is.
I apologize for the rant, but I'm tired of being called judgemental for trying to live what I see in the Word of God. Please, I have enough to keep me occupied without trying to live your life, too. I love my people. I accepted a long time ago that everyone has to follow their own path, and no one in my circle of friends and family understands mine. That's o.k. I don't ask you to -- but I do ask you to be happy for me - and let me be weird - I'm happiest that way.
