"Little Blessings from Above"

In today's society, we are shown and told so many different reasons why we should depopulate this earth by taking a second thought on bearing and raising children. It has been embedded in our brains that success is what's important and you gain success by putting yourself as your priority. Success is wealth. Success is having the "American Dream." Having new cars, a new house, money saved up in the bank, and being able to travel all over the world is the most important thing! Success has no room for children. They try to brainwash us into thinking that children should only come to those who have so much money saved up to be able to afford them. It's funny to me that the very thought of not having children is based very heavily on the ability of the parent to be able to send their child to college. (Let's face it, with the world growing more and more expensive, there will never be enough money to have children nor to even think about putting them into college. There is no set price on how much a child will cost.)

It's very disgusting and down right disheartening to me to see the morals of society shade so dim. It has become incredibly numb to Gods word. I can probably sit down with any parent of the world and ask them about children and they would most likely say something along the lines as:  children are a burden, they're too much money, OR they wish that they would've waited and so on. But what happens when these very same views start to infect the church of God?

Christianity is something so uniquely special. We are his called out ones. A separate people. We are not to be like the world. The world has a selfish motive whereas Christianity is strictly selfless. Christ went into the world and taught his disciples  about loving your neighbor and loving your enemy. His very essence and being was to teach on having a selfless attitude and to teach the Good news of the great kingdom to come. You cannot be selfish and teach the world in His Kingdom. 

I believe God created parenting for very strong reasons. He wanted us to be fruitful and to multiply. To populate His world because He wants to make a huge God family. Every child born into this world is yet another spirit with the potential of being in His royal family. God has given humanity a precious gift that no other species or spiritual being in heaven possess: The opportunity to procreate beings with a high divine purpose. The very design of male and female show us one thing, He created us to do just that. Male and female, He created them. It's like a puzzle piece that fits perfectly. 

 

We see God in our unique design. We see HIM in the role of the female. How amazing is it to be able to say that we, as women, have been privileged to bear the load of having a potential spirit being growing inside our wombs. With each week that passes, and each trimester we pass, we can see the hand of God and His incredible design. As the uterus expands, our bodies adapt and make room for the little being. And the body does its job with the delivering process. The uterus begins to contract and open the cervix to allow for the baby to push into the birth canal for delivery. And it begins to heal itself when it's all over. Its so amazing, I get chills every time I think back to my pregnancy. The whole experience was an experience of a lifetime.

Being a parent is never an easy thing. Being a Christian is not an easy thing. Nothing ever

comes easy in life. In everything, we should expound on the lessons God is giving to us. What lessons does He gives us with being a parent?

1.) He's teaching us to be selfless. Being a parent will definitely teach us that. Parenting is presented with a multitude of opportunities to present selfless acts.

2.) He's teaching us how to have unconditional love. A love for a child is unlike any other love. It's something indescribable.

3.) He's teaching us to nurture. We'll definitely need to know how to do this to nurture others in the millennium

4.) He's teaching us holiness and virtue along with patience, humility, and trust in Him. When we have children, it teaches us to be patient with them when teaching them the ways of life, discipline, and the love of God. It takes humility to accept when we may make wrong decisions for our families and learn to trust in God to raise godly children in a perverse and wicked generation. Many people claim to not want to have children because of this wicked world. That proves one thing, we don't trust in Him to care for us and the well being of our children. We allow fear to get the best of us. And Christ favorite words to His disciples were to not fear. ("O yea of little faith.")

 

All in all, He's teaching us to be like HIM. He wants a family. How could He teach us each role in a way that we can fully comprehend His desires? By letting us live through it by example. When one marries, two lives become one. Its a comparison of Christ and His bride, the church and a comparison of God the Father and Christ the son and their partnership. So in marriage, we learn to be like Him.When a husband and wife begin to have children, we are taught Gods love as a parent so in turn are learning to be like Him in a role as a parent. Each role in my eyes is equally as important in capturing the purpose of His plans and seeing His heart with his ultimate design. Following by example helps opens a window into God's heart. He sees children as a gift and a reward. For His people to adopt the thoughts and morals of this world is disheartening and a smack to Gods purpose for his children.

 

 

 

"I thought that one day I'd become a famous artist and create great works of art. Instead, God made me a mother, and my children are His masterpiece. The design of their lives will live on after me. What is painted on their hearts will last an eternity."

-Anonymous