Why are you having a sixth baby? How will you take care of them all? How will you feed them? How will you pay for their education? How will you give each one individual time? Are you crazy? Don’t you have any self control?
Yes, I’ve heard all of these questions, many legitimate. What is my answer to why I’d have another baby?
Simply put:
I have been counted among the blessed.
My muddy, noisy, rambunctious, sweet, intelligent children with large appetites are truly a blessing to me. I don’t know what I’d do without them.
Sure, it’s a challenge to manage a large household where every recipe is tripled. Occasionally the dirty laundry pile ought to have its own summit. It’s hard work to raise animals and butcher them so I know my children are getting plenty of good quality meat. I work hard to make sure my children are well schooled, not just in the 3 R’s, but in the very foundation of life, the Scriptures. I pass out hugs and lap time liberally and do my best to know what’s going on in each of my children’s minds, often a challenge. Sometimes I think I’m crazy, but that’s because I got sloppy and let things get ahead of me. As for self control, that could be worthy of its own post. But let’s suffice it to say, when you look up self control in the dictionary, you will find our picture.
So life isn’t perfect at our house. We face challenges. We have problems. We sometimes mess up. But last I checked, we were all living outside the garden. (Even outside the garden, the scenery can be beautiful, and the walks to the mailbox with little helpers can be very refreshing.) So why does YHVH choose to give children to parents who are bound to mess some things up?
Because YHVH intended for us to give life (torah) to our children. Our children would give life (torah) to their children. They would give life (torah) to their children. And as this continues, all the world is blessed. The beautiful irony of it all is that children themselves are called a blessing.
Now I’d like you to read some of the many Scriptures that beautifully show just how important the fruit of the womb is to YHVH. To have a child wrap their arms around you and say, “I love you mommy,” is to see the heart of YHVH.
When YHVH saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
(Gen 29:31)
He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.
(Deu 7:13)
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you.
(Psa 71:6)
Behold, children are a heritage from YHVH, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
(Psa 127:3-5)
As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
(Ecc 11:5)
Thus says YHVH who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
(Isa 44:2)
Thus says YHVH, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am YHVH, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,
(Isa 44:24)
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
(Psa 128:3)
The voice of YHVH makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
(Psa 29:9)
He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise YHVH!
(Psa 113:9)
But Yahshua said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
(Mat 19:14)
So these are a few of my thoughts, and many thoughts from our Heavenly Father. Ever think about how big a family He has?
For those of you moms out there, with one child or nineteen, I salute you. May your children rise up and call you blessed. YHVH already has. Shalom to you all. I shall now return to my anxious wait for that first kick. 🙂
10 Responses
such a beautiful post Heidi! What a blessing to read this morning…thankyou! We have three blessings, and I pray that Yah blesses us with more. You are an inspiration and a real encouragement.
Praying with you and thinking about you through this pregnancy.
much love,
Christine
Wonderful Heidi and congratulations! We would have loved to have more children but we're are content with the 3children He has blessed us with.
Enjoy every moment of it!
blessings,
Children are such a beautuful gift!! Such a lovely post Heidi!! and so true!! It saddens me so much that so much of the world does not understand the gift and blessing from Yahweh that children are!
Luv Donna
Thank you Heidi! That was so beautifully written 🙂
I especially loved this bit…
'My muddy, noisy, rambunctious, sweet, intelligent children with large appetites are truly a blessing to me. I don’t know what I’d do without them.'
Amen! That's how we feel about our 4 blessings too.
Prayers and love Heidi,
Lusi x
Beautiful! Thanking the Father for the blessings He has given me. And for the much needed reminder through the post I just read =0)
May YHWH bless you and your blessings 😀 Shabbat Shalom dear one!
What a wonderful post….I am a momma of three and wished it would have been 13…many blessings and joy to you and your family.
Congratulations Heidi! a true blessing from our Father! Yes children are a blessing, such wonderful news!
May you have a wonderful pregnancy
blessings
carmen
Amen, Heidi! I agree, and hope to have many more of my own as well, bizrat HaShem… with G-d's help. Have a wonderful rest of your pregnancy!
Congratulations! Big families are awesome!
This post popped up while I was on your homepage. I felt this was spoken straight to me today. My husband and I have prayed and felt led to have baby number 4, and my mom has not been supportive at all. It has been heartbreaking to not have her support, but I prayed that we were doing the right thing, and not dishonoring her, and I think this was His answer. Thank you for taking the time to post this. So glad you enjoy these precious blessings in your life!
Jeana