Children are a Blessing from God

Children ar a Blessing from divinityMany have heard of yuppies however have you heard of dinkies? The inaugural type refers to those young urban professionals who are financially secured. Dinkies (double income but no kids) refer to those married couples having no intention or unwilling to have children.Look at nature birds, bees, trees, plants and all different support things created by graven image. Is there a specie that does not reproduce? Every Gods creature, even a single-celled amoeba, procreates for the survival of their specie. Yet why some married couples, capable of being parents, refused to have children?Freedom to travelling and to en contentment life is a frequent answer. Other reasons include less expenses, less responsibilities and fewer problems in short less headaches. A few crudely replied, We simply dont like children as if they have never been children themselves. Some argue that the old Chinese saying, raising children to safeguard our old age, no lon ger applies as they saw the presence of neglected parents around.They are absolutely right. Bringing up children involves countless sacrifices and giving up many of lifes en happinessment. A parents responsibilities start from a childs conception onwards to adulthood and oftentimes beyond. From a stringently economic viewpoint, investing the money spent in raising and educating a child could easily translate for a comfortable retirement.All these reasons centre on avoiding responsibility and maximizing enjoyment in life. barring any justifiable reason, there is only one appropriate member to describe this self-centred office selfishness.The reason to raise and to sacrifice for our children john also be summarized simply in one word love the opposite of selfishness.Love for God, our Creator by following Christs teachings. Married couples should regard it as their prudish mission to transmit piece life and to educate their children they should realize that they are thereby c ooperating with the love of God the Creator. They will fulfill this duty with a sense of human and Christian responsibility. (CCC 2367)Love for our spouse, i.e. to bring aside the harvestings of a sacred marriage. Fecundity (producing or capable of producing offspring) is a hand, an end of marriage, for conjugal love naturally tends to be fruitful. Children are the fruits of our love for our spouse and fulfillment of our marriage. The Catechism teaches A child does not come from orthogonal as something added on to the mutual love of the spouses, but springs from the very heart of that mutual giving, as its fruit and fulfillment. (CCC 2379)Look at those who intentionally shrink from their responsibility of having children. They may look happy and carefree but can they really commence joy in their lives? I felt sorry for a cause colleague suffering from mid-life emotional problems. Adamantly, he ridiculed the formality of marriage and refused to have children. I wonder if his ne west Mercedes limousine, in style(p) audio-visual equipment, memories of world travel and investment portfolio could take the place of children Gods bequest that he had refused in giving joy to him and his spouse.Danny, a friend who recovered fully from cancer, told me that the support of his wife and two daughters gave him the courage to withstand the rigors of chemotherapy and other pains. He praised God for the most precious gift, his children.As for those neglected parents in their old age, they have do their duties for God and for their children. Whether their children will fulfill their own towards their parents is another matter. In comforting neglected parents, my wife, Mary, explained, Consider the joy and happiness that your child had assumption to you as consolation for your past sacrifices and love. Be glad that you have make your duty.A child is not something owed to one, but is a gift. The supreme gift of marriage is a human person. However, those couples who di d not receive this gift need not despair. (They) should unite themselves with the Lords Cross, the source of all spiritual fecundity. They can give expression to their generosity by adopting abandoned children or performing demanding services for others. (CCC2379)Before receiving the gift of children at his old age, Abraham asked God, What will you give me for I continue childless?(Gen 152) Remember, sometimes God acts in a mysterious way. Spouses suffering from infertility may not realize that Gods gift comes in many ways and at different time. Instead of giving them children, He may have given other gifts. Have faith and follow His will.For those who are struggling to support great(p) families, they can find solace in our Churchs teaching Sacred Scripture and the Churchs traditional practice see in large families a sign of Gods blessing and the parents generosity (CCC2373). Our children are indeed a blessing and a gift from God.