To parents of multiple children
Hello, I am the mother of 3 beautiful girls. They are all 4 years apart. My husband and I are HAPPILY married...it's rare these days and noone ever believes us when we tell me that, but we have been married for 10 years and the only thing that has changed is our weight HAHA! Anyways, I've been reading alot lately on the "quickening" we feel in our hearts when the Lord is calling us to do something. I feel that whenever I think of having more children. I read about mothers here -violet - who have 8 children and think how blessed you are and I see myself saying that someday. But everyone else opposes to it. They think the world is already overpopulated, they think we already have enough on our plates and mostly they think I must be nuts. I honestly feel scared of having more than the 3 that I have now. I worry that we won't be able to provide the love they would all need and I worry about us financially....and about my energy level since my husband is a truck driver and away all the time I'd be doign it alone. But I also feel that "quickening" an urging to have more.
How do you determine the right thing to do? I guess I know the answer is to trust in the Lord but I worry that I might be mistaking my own desires for the Lords.
This is probably quite confusing isn't it. I guess that's why I'm here. LOL
Hello, I am the mother of 3 beautiful girls. They are all 4 years apart. My husband and I are HAPPILY married...it's rare these days and noone ever believes us when we tell me that, but we have been married for 10 years and the only thing that has changed is our weight HAHA! Anyways, I've been reading alot lately on the "quickening" we feel in our hearts when the Lord is calling us to do something. I feel that whenever I think of having more children. I read about mothers here -violet - who have 8 children and think how blessed you are and I see myself saying that someday. But everyone else opposes to it. They think the world is already overpopulated, they think we already have enough on our plates and mostly they think I must be nuts. I honestly feel scared of having more than the 3 that I have now. I worry that we won't be able to provide the love they would all need and I worry about us financially....and about my energy level since my husband is a truck driver and away all the time I'd be doign it alone. But I also feel that "quickening" an urging to have more.
How do you determine the right thing to do? I guess I know the answer is to trust in the Lord but I worry that I might be mistaking my own desires for the Lords.
This is probably quite confusing isn't it. I guess that's why I'm here. LOL