VERY Interesting Article here
I know this is a very touchy subject. Ultimately this all comes down to a husband and wife and God. You have to decide what God desires for you as a couple and seek Him on this subject. I am speaking from personal experience here. My husband and I felt God leading us to get married in November, 6 months from when I would graduate with a civil engineering degree. He had strong convictions against birth control, I wasn't so sure. I went along. We were going to try "natural" methods, but after getting married, I realized that this was still "control" and why would I give my life up to God's control, but not whether or not we had a baby. So.... long 9 months made short, Lizzy is here! No, it wasn't want I would have planned for me, but God's in control and I have definitely learned a lot about God, myself and parenting and I'm learning to trust Him more and more.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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That article is indeed interesting. I think it is a little over the top in some places and makes some unjustified conclusions in others. For example, I don't believe birth control leads to a rise in abortion.
If I may ask, what are your husbands convictions against birth control?
I was writing an answer but it got too long so I made it into a post here:
http://christianfrugalmama.blogspot.com/2008/09/birth-control.html
I agree that some conclusions may be taken a little far, I just thought the overall theme was interesting. I often feel that our family is weird or something by the way people look at me when this stuff comes up. :) Nice to know me and my husband are not the only ones like this out there.
By the way, I do want to point out that I agree with much of what the article says. While I disagree with the belief that people should not use birth control, I do not find it odd that young couples would choose to have children, or would choose to have a lot of children. I think we are each called to serve God as best we can, and if a couple believes they can best serve God by having children, than I am in total support (not that anyone really needs it).
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