Show Notes
"The stork is coming to visit!"
"You know how that happens right?"
"You need to learn to stay off of each other!"
Where do children come from, really?
Our society lives like we are the ones in charge of creating new life. We've found that the more children God has given our family, the more vocal people become about speaking this belief. But any couple who has struggled with infertility knows that children can only come from the Lord.
When we were first dating, we had a conversation about children and we were not on the same page! Steven had been raised in a church that had taught newlyweds to wait until the relationship between the husband and wife was firmly established before bringing a new person into the relationship. Five years without kids was the recommended average. Steven was studying theology at Moody Bible Institute at the time, and Lydia asked the question, "who is the one who creates life?"
God is the author of life. It says over and over again in Scripture that God "opens" and "closes" the womb. And if He knows all that He has made, why would we think that there could be a life that could come from us that God did not intend? There are no "oops" children in God's creation. Instead, in creating us in His image, He has privileged us with the role of co-creators in bringing forth eternal beings into the world. Think about that! The little life that grows inside of a mother isn't a temporary organism, they have an eternal destiny!
In this week's episode, we will be discussing how this question shaped our marriage and has helped us to trust the Lord with the children He chooses to bless us with.
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