Who decides how full your quiver is? I'm here to suggest that you allow the Creator and the originator of life to continue doing what He's always done best. Nowadays, man thinks he can control conception by abortion or using fertility treatment or even natural family planning methods of counting your fertile days, etc, but the Bible teaches that conception is truly a gift from the Creator, Yahweh. They are not just a result of sexual intercourse. But these comments have got me thinking and I've finally decided how I really feel about this whole thing.Ĭhildren are gifts and rewards from God, not burdens. I've had people say "WHOA" or "GOOD GRIEF WOMAN".I'm never one that does well at hiding my responses but seeing as I definitely take the cake in hearing the most ridiculous comments as a pregnant person, I've gotten very good at biting my tongue. I've had a lot of people tell me I'm crazy to be having another child and that I must never want to sleep again. My research is showing me that some carry 2 or 3 and some carry 15. So, how full is a quiver anyway? I have had many families tell me over the years that 5 is a full quiver but just today I had someone tell me that her husband is an archer and it's 8 that make it full. When they contend with their enemies in the gate. She's so funny about that!ĭoug and I talked about Psalm 127 where it says Lily was thrilled to hear that she would be a big sister again but she's very upset that we won't find out the sex of the baby until it's birthday. I decided to call some friends and tell them the news although it's still very early to be sharing this news. Doug woke up a few mornings later and told me, "Lisa, it's time to get excited about this new baby!" So, we spent several moments talking about if it would be a boy or a girl and what names we would pick and how exciting it was going to be. But the reality of this new baby coming scared me tremendously. I had a tremendous amount of guilt over the tears. We did want more children but due to some personal circumstances in my life that I'm not one to really blog about at this time and also due to the change in our financial situation at our current job, this wasn't the best of news. 4 weeks ago Doug and I were surprised to find out we were expecting our 5th child!!! The truth is, I cried immediately and spent several days numb to this whole idea.
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