tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post115058790786480872..comments2023-05-11T03:54:13.802-05:00Comments on HomeDiscipling Dad: Closing the Generational GapCharleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272100465410261235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post-74282676360969034692007-12-04T14:32:00.000-06:002007-12-04T14:32:00.000-06:00My husband and I were convicted last year to go ag...My husband and I were convicted last year to go against society and view children as a blessing and not a burden. Now we have our newest blessing who is nearly four months old. Just two nights ago we were asked by an older gentleman, "You know how that happens, don't you?" We only have four kids! He had five. I can't understand why people view their own children as something detestable, and shake their heads in disgust when they see our "large" family. It is a comfort to read that there are people from my parents' generation (they are 54 and 56) willing to support a new generation of believers who are raising the numbers of believers from the inside. My own parents see my children as more of a blessing than I believe they saw me. It's wonderful! My mom helps me homeschool the kids and everything. I hope one day to come across either of you and have something encouraging said to us instead of something negative. Although, we do get a lot of "What beautiful little girls" and I don't mind that. God bless you!Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028600889013935580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post-1153110449223560122006-07-16T23:27:00.000-05:002006-07-16T23:27:00.000-05:00Well said...A while back, I used the line "you kno...Well said...<BR/><BR/>A while back, I used the line "you know how that happens, don't you?" in an attempt to be funny...just like Baucham mentions in his sermon. I am convicted down to my core of the sinfulness of such a statement, even made in jest. <BR/><BR/>I will ALWAYS celebrate a large family when I get the chance, and I will hope and pray for so many grandchildren that I won't be able to remember all their names!!! ;-)Charleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272100465410261235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post-1152735475937738892006-07-12T15:17:00.000-05:002006-07-12T15:17:00.000-05:00Finally got the chance to listen - great stuff. O...Finally got the chance to listen - great stuff. Of course it make so much sense once we start thinking it through. Do something about it? Hmmm... it's too late for me to have more kids! :-) I am thrilled whenever I come across a large Christian family. Of course we have to take care of those we have, no matter how many or few. And of course by taking care here, I don't mean making sure they floss their teeth. <BR/><BR/>A few years ago I would never have dreamed I'd pray that my daughter would be a homemaker and have a lot of kids. Now I do, or should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com