The Bible says :
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward
Psalm 127:3
So those who have many children must be more spiritual that the rest, right? And that’s why we have been rewarded with many children?
WRONG!!!
I don’t think the bible infers that at all. Read a related article from my dh’s website, A Parent by the Grace of God.
I certainly hope there aren’t people out there thinking that they NEED to have many children to prove their spirituality! Or those who look at others who have one or two children as being less spiritual.
God chooses whom He chooses. Whether you have one child or 20, doesn’t make you more spiritual.
Then there are those who feel that we must have a lot of faith to have this large a family since raising children is an expensive exercise in Singapore. Well….
We may seem to have more faith than most people but you can have the same faith! Faith is not something that grows within you overnight. But it grows! It is God who increases our faith as we trust in Him. Everytime you place your trust in Him, He grows your faith and on and on it goes.
We probably pray more than those with less children, but erm…our prayers more often than not, go, “Oh Lord, why me?!?!?!” or “Help me, Lord!!!” Lol!
We could all do better with our prayer lives I am sure. We all know that we need to spend time with the Lord to do what He has called us to do but – horrors! – we also fall by the wayside! We know that unless we abide in the vine (John Ch15), we cannot bear any fruit but then, we are also human and the easiest thing to do when your To-Do list is a mile long is to forgo our time with the Lord.
Been there, done that. 🙁 There are times when I have gone weeks without opening my Bible except for doing school with the children! And then I wonder why I am so tired, so miserable and so discontented.
Other times, I just didn’t feel like praying or reading the Bible – another shocker, eh? The tv, the internet, the books, the magazines all seem more interesting than the Bible.
So no, trust me, we are definitely as sinful as the next person and could definitely spend more time in prayer and meditaion with the Lord. We are so not super spiritual!
Check out the rest of the other myths HERE.