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REVIEW: Be Fruitful and Multiply

Be Fruitful and Multiply

What the Bible Says About Having Children

By Nancy Campbell

www.visionforum.com

This is an interesting book with study questions at the end of each chapter.  I'm sure it would stir up a little controversy in nearly any women's group or Bible study.  The topic?  Let the LORD choose your family size.

Admittedly, I'm quite confident in my thinking that most Christian couples do trust the LORD with regard to the size of their families.  Mrs. Campbell's stand is that even well-meaning, sincere Christians have conformed so much to the world that we have lost our desire to fulfill God's first command to Be Fruitful and Multiply.  This certainly is a matter for prayer for each and every family of faith.

I must say that I agreed with some things, such as:  children ARE a gift from God, we must obey God rather than man, etc.  I also agreed with her stance that many women ignorantly choose their birth control without educating themselves as to how it works.  But, I confess that there were some things that I had questions about that I felt were not answered or considered.

I, myself, would have loved to have had five children.  Our first beautiful daughter died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Crib Death) at three months, I then had two miscarriages before our other two daughters were born.  Apparently, that's where God wanted our family numbers to end.  I figure that, yes, God DID give me those five children...although I only have two remaining on earth, I will have all five for eternity!  But, Mrs. Campbell doesn't address the difficulties that many of us face.  My concern is that some may feel somewhat condemned by that at the end of the book.

But fear not!  I do leave you with a quote containing some hope and grace: "The fact of the matter is this:  it is not a matter of our deciding how many children we should have, or should not have, but having a vision of God's plan for marriage and family - a vision to bring forth godly seed for God's glory."

To that I say, Amen!  No matter how many children we are blessed with.

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

04:39, 2006-Jun-8 .. Posted by matsmom97

Having had alot of IF issues, I feel this is OFTEN thrown in my face! I won't go into all the details, but I often feel very defensive about the subject and try to remember that not everyone suffers IF.

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10:06, 2006-Jun-13 .. Posted by glenda

We have been blessed with five children and we have three in heaven waiting for us. A set of twins and one that i miscarried at about four months.. I always wanted a large family. It was hard for us to make the decision to have a tubal. NOw i have had a hard time with that choice since we made it almost 12 years ago. We were told by doctors that if i had any more children i could die. It scared me. I mean i had five babies under five.. So we made the choice. I talked to others before we made the choice and they prayed with us. NOW if i could go back and change my choice yes i would but i can't. I have been told by others that i am in sin due to our choice all those years ago. That i am no better than someone who abords her child. I do not agree with that. My husband was not a christian at that time. I was not where i should have been at that time. Since that time we have asked god to forgive us and i believe he has. I so believe that children are a gift from god. I have taught my children to not fall for what man tells you but to pray about it and allow god to give you his answer.

God bless
glenda