I’ve been challenged at times with the phrase that goes something like this, “How will you be able to spend quality time and meet the needs of all your children if you have a “umpteen” of them?” I would like to ask the question, “Can you meet all of your child’s needs even if you only have one?” I know I would still not be able to. I am not a perfect person.
Is God able to meet a person’s needs even if his parents forsake him? Psalm 27:10 says “When my father and my mother forsake me then the Lord will lift me up.”
. . . or what if they do the best they know how and “Pray without ceasing.”
Am I wrong for trusting God with family planning? . . . should I take things into my own hands and have children when I THINK it fits into the plan for my life?
I have a very good friend in PA who has been such an encouragement to me is this area. She firmly believes that God opens and shuts the womb. Does He not? Even though she is the second of thirteen children and now has several of her own who are quite close together in age, she still trusts God. I wish I could say that I have been as steadfast in my belief as she has been, but I cannot. At times when things were tough, I would doubt.
But the peace of God rules in my heart when I am strong and believe that God plans my family just exactly as HE WANTS IT. I will continue to leave it all to Him.
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