tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937303870758455964.post3272581501935892937..comments2024-03-28T13:43:19.402-04:00Comments on Martin Family Moments: Upon Further ReviewColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451797365712728579noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937303870758455964.post-73156860511715853592015-01-26T16:57:15.096-05:002015-01-26T16:57:15.096-05:00Great post! :)Great post! :)Manca*https://www.blogger.com/profile/12546251404440595262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937303870758455964.post-7786100022618225972015-01-26T11:34:07.443-05:002015-01-26T11:34:07.443-05:00Love it. :)Love it. :)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098123627380728910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937303870758455964.post-75472588152696586812015-01-25T20:26:49.657-05:002015-01-25T20:26:49.657-05:00I love this. Thank you for putting it into words!
...I love this. Thank you for putting it into words!<br /><br />I have often thought that money is very rarely the true serious reason behind avoiding pregnancy - for myself and for my friends! It's the simplest and least intimate reason to GIVE people; but it often covers quiet, more complex and more difficult struggles. Emotional exhaustion, communication with your spouse, feeling stretched thin, needing more time to soak up each baby... <br /><br />In my very limited experience, I think God rarely calls us to grit our teeth and say "oh fine!" - And THEN learn His goodness. I think instead, He often wants us to ask Him for the grace to be open to His will. He works with that. It's not at all "fake it til you make it"... It's about being honest with the Lord and having to be humble about your humanity. <br /><br />And that's the lovely thing about responsible love... He can change our hearts so easily! (Since you're not blocking that grace by mortal sin/contraception) I would much rather have 10 babies because I wanted to than even 5 because I "had to". <br /><br />I think there is a beauty to shouldering crosses in our lives- to accepting suffering with a loving heart... But i don't believe we should see our babies - the fruit of love in marriage - as crosses! Seeing souls suffer like the Coakley family is a powerful reminder of the difference. Cancer is a cross; my baby is a free, loving, beautiful gift from God and my spouse. <br /><br />Also - I feel your husband on the clarifying thing! It's hard! But I still trust the Holy Spirit... He knows what he's doing, right?![holla charismatics ;)]Kallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16840771292057296538noreply@blogger.com