Children are a blessing

“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Happy the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate”.

(Psalm 127, King James Version).

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Together, my mom and father had four children.  And my mom has nine total.  Three in heaven, and six living.  And while miscarriages and stillbirths are hurtful, and I’d rather have my little brothers and my little sister with me, the one thing I can’t say is I’d rather my only have me as a child.  Besides the fact, I was her third born, I think being an only child would be awfully boring. 

Besides, I never felt like I was competing with my siblings for my mother’s attention.  She loves us all equally.  (But really, she loves Michael the most).

That isn’t to say that you’d bad, evil, or wicked, or sinful if you only have one child or are an only child.

And sometimes, a husband and wife, for whatever reason, just can’t have children.  And the depressingly evil, “IVF for all families” being pitched as somehow conservative, isn’t something I think is helping.

Now that I’ve got that tangent out of the way (yay tangent)! I couldn’t imagine “planning” on having only one child.  God willing, if I ever do get married, I probably won’t have a lot of children, but this may be a consequence of me waiting so long to get married, and really be interested in women a lot younger than me. 

“But Charlie”, you might say, “aren’t you worried that your yet to be determined wife will have a miscarriage”?

Of course I am. 

But, I think it’s better to make life than take life.  Even if my wife has a miscarriage, that child would still be a child of my wife and myself.

I’ve also noticed that some people would rather have a pet than a child.  Umm, why couldn’t your child have a pet?  Okay, dogs are cool, and even if you’re one of those weird cat people, okay, have a cat.  But, you are not a “pet parent”.

I own my dogs, just as a zoo owns giraffes.  Not the same way I own a television, but it still has the concept of ownership.

Children are a blessing, not a curse, and not a choice.

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