Sean has recently started studying the Old Testament while he is at work in the control room with nothing to do for four hours every night! He came across this quotation in the Old Testament Student Manual. I thought I'd share it with all of you because I think it is so cool! It also gave me hope that we are going about this life the best way possible, even though it's really hard sometimes, and I question our decision to have another child at times, I KNOW we are following the Lord's council and will be blessed for it. Anyways, enjoy!!
(2-14) Genesis 1:28. “Be Fruitful and Multiply” Knowing that the primary work of God is “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39) and knowing that without a physical body man could not have a fulness of joy (see D&C
93:33–35) and knowing that coming to earth to prove oneself is a prerequisite to eternal progression (see Abraham 3:25), one could safely say that bringing children into the world is one of the high priorities in the Lord’s plan.
President Spencer W. Kimball spoke of the importance of having children:
“The first commandment recorded seems to have been ‘Multiply and replenish the earth.’ Let no one ever think that the command came to have children without marriage. No such suggestion could ever have foundation. . . .
“I have told many groups of young people that they should not postpone their marriage until they have acquired all of their education ambitions. I have told tens of thousands of young folks that when they marry they should not wait for children until they have finished their schooling and financial desires. Marriage is basically for the family, and when people have found their proper companions there should be no long delay. They should live together normally and let the children come.
“There seems to be a growing feeling that marriage is for legal sex, for sex’s sake. Marriage is basically for the family; that is why we marry—not for the satisfaction of the sex, as the world around us would have us believe. When people have found their companions, there should be no long delay. Young wives should be occupied in bearing and rearing their children. I know of no scriptures where an authorization is given to young wives to withhold their families and to go to work to put their husbands through school. There are thousands of husbands who have worked their own way through school and have reared families at the same time. Though it is more
difficult, young people can make their way through their educational programs.” (“Marriage is Honorable,” in Speeches of the Year, 1973, pp. 262–63.)
2 comments:
Very good. I fall into the category of waiting until my husband finished school, but let me tell you what...We are still in no financial position to be having a baby. You really have to rely on faith. You know what really bugs me? My mother in law preaches to us all the time and i just find it really funny that she was so adamant on Zac and I waiting to get married until he was done with school and waiting until we were financially stable and finished with school to have kids. Oh well. Good thing we didn't listen to her :)
Thanks for this post, I needed that uplift! I've felt a lot of grief from others from the time that I had Aubrey. I have a lot of friends who got married, finished school, put husbands through school, bought a house AND then decided it was time to start a family. To them my life looks chaotic, but they don't know what they are missing! It is the Lord who decides when these precious gifts need to come and he always provides a way when you obey his counsel. Good Luck with the rest of your pregnancy. Having two isn't as hard as it seems!
Post a Comment