I talked to a young mother recently whose two children are now at school. I said to her, “Are you hoping to have another baby?”
“Oh no,” she replied. I’m enjoying my freedom too much now they are at school!” Why do mothers want freedom from their children? Isn’t this our destiny? We have been given the incredible privilege to house within our womb an eternal soul that will live forever and prepare that child to do mighty works in this life. What could be more powerful?
Why do mothers want to do inconsequential things when they could be doing eternal things? Why do they want to spend their time on “lesser” things when they could be doing “greater” things? I think it is because they are brainwashed by the liberal media, our education system, and the humanistic values of this society.
This was not the psyche of the women of old; it was their highest honor to bear children. When Rachel was barren, she cried out to her husband, “Give me children, or else I die” (Genesis 30:1).
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
Painting by Cristina Movileanu