Children a blessing or a burden??

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 10:02

Yesterday was a beautiful day! We spent 2 hours out-side working in the yard and garden. I try not to get spring fever to early but with day like that it is hard not to:) Today is rainy and 65! It was great  cleaning up the garden beds and picking up many sticks it was good to get somethings done. 

 We would like to get a lot of things done in the yard this year but with money being so tight I doubt that we will be able. I know money has been tight for everyone....it is hard not going into debt to just to get a project done...so no money no project. The only debt we have right now is our house payment and our daughters braces we are going to pay-off the braces in a few monthes (Yeah!!!) We have managed to get our daily bills to be very low. We have cut back so much...we just need to work on our grocery budget and eating out when we are out. That is the hard one as long as we stay home we are fine!

I have been reading so many articles on how many children a couple should have...now we only have 2 children and I see many children as a blessing....but I have been reading so many articles calling children a burden? I am afraid that we will be like China only allowed 1 child per family??  I have a favorite  homesteading magazine that put this as second as the problem the goverment is facing with money issues? I don't understand it??  I also saw a article saying it is "green" to have only one child???  It is frightening what the goverment is trying to sneak in??

Have you read any thing about this??

Blessings,

Ma/ Renee

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Posted by Amanda on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 10:42 - Link

The world really is far from God's word. If the *world* says one thing, I am inclined to look the other way and see what God's word has to say about it.

Children are a blessing. God's word!
Children are a burden. The world's view. (SAD!)

We are indeed inching closer every day to a *new world order.* Maybe its not so new after all though. Satan has been trying from the beginning to get people to take his word and not GOD's as the authority.

History is doomed to repeat itself. Jesus Christ is our ONLY hope!


Blessings,
Amanda <><
Matthew 6:33

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Posted by HandsNHearts on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 10:48 - Link

Amen. I totally agree.
How much longer until we can purchase those point things and offset our carbon footprint for the number of children we have?

Tarry not, Dear Lord.
Deanna

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Posted by borderling on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 11:25 - Link

Have you read the reports that state at this rate, people will disappear? If the French only have 1 child per couple, eventually, there will be no French nation. (or any other nation) Children are indeed a blessing. If only we'd do things God's way.
From Glory Farm,
Rhonda

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Posted by Laura on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 06:06 - Link

I have read that about how "green" it is to only have one child - or no children at all. I even read in an article about a lady who had a hysterectomy super young (like 18-20) because she didn't want to have children and further contaminate the world and contribute to overpopulation!!!! Talk about an extremist... hate to sound mean, but I felt like responding that it was too bad her parents hadn't thought of that first. (I know, that's mean - but it really irked me for her to say that!)

As far as the projects=debt, I'm there with you. We are so far in over our heads right now, it isn't even funny. My going back to work was supposed to lower our debt, but it hasn't helped much yet... then I realized after I filed our tax return that even with me working part of last year, our income dropped by about $5,000 from the year before (2007) and we are down by almost $10,000 from 2006. Sad sad sad... and I wonder why we can't make ends meet... I'm just grateful David still has a job. But all of our projects are on hold, and we are living in our little fixer upper, thankful God provided us with a warm place to lay our heads. :-)