Monday, October 13, 2008
it's time
It's time to stop being part of the generation of women who are more concerned about their own inconvenience to pregnancy or who cannot say "no" in situations where they could become pregnant. It's time to recognize that babies in the womb are living human beings... we have the medical evidence. It's time to stop worrying about what others think of us when we say that life is the most important issue, and without life there is no need of any other. It's time to value our children and our neighbor's children. To see families as the single most important thing to sustaining our society. Forget making tons of money. Forget having the coolest car or the best clothes. Forget advancing our lifestyles so much that we have too much free time on our hands. We forgot to value life in all of this. We love virtual games and virtual lives more than our real interactions with our own family. As women, let's make the right "choice" and choose to be leaders in the groups of people where we live and interact... to support those who are pregnant, to teach our daughters and our sons that life is to be valued and respected and not about stopping it if it's "inconvenient" to our lifestyles. No one who has had a child can deny that they require your world to change as bringing them up and teaching them to be adults is the most important job you will ever have. But it also makes you a much better person in the process and takes away the self-centeredness that we are born with. If you haven't had a child, then give some time to those who are missing a parent or to parents who need a break. You will love it! Large families are the best way for children to value others and to learn cooperation. Why is it strange to have more than two children? Siblings are the greatest blessing in the world! It's time to change because we are heading in a downward spiral to being a society which cannot decide what is really important... we buy mortgages for houses that are too big and expensive, we don't have time to cook anymore or even grow our own food, we don't read enough, we don't get outside enough, we don't interact enough. Enough! Let's be smart women. Let's value the life each person is given.
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Such power in this post. I really keep getting encouraged here today. This brings to mind this blog post done by a Christian blogger I read...
http://solofemininity.blogs.com/posts/2008/10/sanctification.html
Here is what she says:
"Now let's tackle a slightly less obvious case: how people use language to minimize responsibility for their behavior. First, consider how the world speaks of obvious sins. We live in a society where excessive spending is common. Yet we rarely hear the word greed used to describe it. Such a lifestyle is merely "comfortable." Patterns of disobedience are "problems," not sins. Grumbling or complaining are "saying what I feel" or "being honest." Even in the church we sometimes call speaking evil of another "sharing" or "seeking counsel," rather than gossip or slander."
Then, I read yours and thought about what you said, yes, most people stop at two or maybe one because they want to have more money to do things. We are such a greedy culture, we think more money will make us happy than more kids. It is sad, I am not exempt from battling this temptation. It is a real problem and I think it is getting worse. Scary to think of the world my grandkids will live in, things are becoming more and more acceptable and the morals and standards are getting more relaxed.
We do need to be women of change with a greater purpose in mind. We need to teach our children about things that matter. Thank you for this reminder.
I couldn't agree with you more, Beth. What a great reminder to all of us who have chosen to leave a career and stay home for a time with our children. After reading your post, I hugged my little guys a bit closer and thanked God for the privilege of being their Mommy! There is nothing better in the world!
I hear you! I did give it all up. But, in the end I feel like I gave it all up for the greater reward. That doesn't mean it is easy. I remind myself frequently that children are a gift from God and I need to take in as much of these two miracles as I can. My hope is it provides them the foundation to make the "right" decisions in their lives.
People stop having kids for more reasons than money. We always thought we'd have a large family. Because my pregnancies are very high risk, we decided two was all our nerves could handle. I am grateful my two have each other!
I agree :)
Always praying for pro-choice people to see what is happening...to make changes...respect life and the One who gave it.
A big debate of society... you are absolutely right. Things change when a child arrive, but not always like we imagine in our society. We grow up ... :) And it's very funny to be two or three or more to share some chocolate together and to look at each others saying : It's delicious !
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