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Петък Година I ПЪРВО ЧЕТИВО Целият мъжки пол у вас да бъде в знак на завета. Сара ще ти роди син. Четене из книгата Битие 17,1.9-10.15-22 Аврам беше на деветдесет и девет години, и Господ се яви на Аврам и му рече: "Аз съм Бог Всемогъщи, ходи пред Мене и бъди непорочен." И рече Бог на Аврам: "А ти запази Моя завет, ти и твоите потомци след тебе в родовете им. Този е Моят завет, който трябва да пазите между Мене и между вас и между твоите потомци след тебе: целият мъжки пол у вас да бъде обрязан." И рече Бог на Аврам: "Жена ти Сара не наричай Сара, но да бъде името и Сарра. Ще я благословя и ще ти дам от нея син; ще я благословя и ще произлезат от нея народи, и царе на народи ще произлезат от нея." И падна Авраам ничком, засмя се и каза в себе си: "Нима от стогодишен ще произлезе син? И деветдесетгодишната Сарра нима ще роди?" И рече Авраам на Бога: "О, дано Измаил да бъде жив пред Твоето лице!" А Бог рече на Авраам: "Тъкмо Сарра, жена ти, ще ти роди син, и ще му наречеш името Исаак; и ще направя завета Си с него, завет вечен и с потомството му след него. И за Измаил те послушах: Ето, Аз ще го благословя и ще го наплодя, и много, твърде много ще го умножа; дванадесет князе ще се родят от него; и ще произведа от него голям народ. Но завета Си ще сключа с Исаак, когото ще ти роди Сарра догодина по това време." Тогава Бог престана да говори с Авраам и се дигна от него. Това е Божие слово. ОТПЕВЕН ПСАЛОМ Пс 127,1-2.3.4-5 (О: 4) Ето, тъй ще бъде благословен оня човек, който се бои от Господа. Блажен всеки, който се бои от Господа, който ходи по Неговите пътища! Ти ще ядеш от труда на ръцете си: блазе ти, ще добруваш. O Жена ти в твоя дом ще бъде като плодовита лоза; синовете ти - като маслинени клони около твоята трапеза. O Ето, тъй ще бъде благословен оня човек, който се бои от Господа. Господ ще те благослови от Сион, и ти ще видиш добруването на Йерусалим през всички дни на живота си. O АЛИЛУЯ Мт 8,17 O Алилуя. Той взе върху себе си нашите слабости, и понесе нашите болести. O Алилуя. ЕВАНГЕЛИЕ Ако искаш, можеш да ме очистиш. Четене от светото Евангелие според Матей 8,1-4 В онова време: Когато Исус слезе от планината, подире Му тръгна множество народ. И ето, приближи се един прокажен, кланяше Му се и казваше: "Господи, ако искаш, можеш ме очисти." Исус, като протегна ръка, докосна се до него и рече: "Искам, очисти се!" И той веднага се очисти от проказата. И каза му Исус: "Гледай, никому не обаждай; но иди, покажи се на свещеника и принеси дара, който е заповядал Мойсей, на тях за свидетелство." Това е слово Господне.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 Blessing of the Fruitful Womb I am frequently asked if I’m going to have any more children. My quick reply is if the Lord allows me to have more, I’m willing. It has been a long journey for us to reach this point where we can say, “Lord, we are willing.” I love my position in being a keeper at home, wife to Ken, and mother of 5 children, soon to be 6. I am grateful for the freedom to home school my children, developing a close relationship with them, and the honor to teach them the Word of God. Most of all, I am thankful that I have a godly husband, who desires God’s best, and is willing to lead and provide for his family, under the authority of Christ. God has given us a multi-generational vision to raise our children to be mighty warriors for His kingdom. We know after we are gone, they will continue to carry the banner to raise their offsprings for the Lord. There are some (maybe many) that feel we have enough children and should stop the reproduction cycle. We’ve heard so many reasons why we shouldn’t have any more children, we’ve even tried to reason with each other why we should not. But when we set aside human reasoning, we realized that if we were to really trust the Lord, we feel we must trust the Lord in all areas of our lives, and this included allowing Him to dictate the number of offsprings. Children today are considered an expense and a burden, but God’s Word never speaks of this. God calls them a reward. (Deuteronomy 7:13-14, And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.) Sadly, it is the only reward we no longer pray for or desire an abundance. Stacy McDonald, in Passionate Housewives Desperate for God says, “ Under the leadership of a godly man, children are considered ‘arrows’ aimed against ungodliness.” (Psalm 127: 3-5, Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.) We have gone through two major moves due to job loss and plant closings since we have married. In the midst of it, we continued to trust the Lord to provide for our needs. We’ve seen how God provided for our needs at a much later time, even though we felt the provision from God could have been sooner, to alleviate much stress and confusion on our part. But, we realized that God sees the bigger picture and knows what’s best. Now, we are less than 4 weeks away from expecting our 6th child, and our eyes are unfolded to what He is once again doing in our lives, providing us a 12-passenger van, inexpensively, and without needing to take out a bank loan. We’ve been praying for a bigger vehicle to transport all of us legally ever since we found out we were expecting, and we are now seeing His answer to our prayer. We know of many others before us that have lived with much less and have had more children, and their grown children are living testament for the Lord, powerfully advancing His kingdom. I have recently gone into the Word and reread the two passages of women in the Bible, Sarah and Hannah. In Genesis 17:17, “Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” Abraham didn’t believe what he was hearing from God. Genesis 17:15-22, “Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.” Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.” Children were not only important to Abraham and Sarah, but it was also important to God to have godly people raise offsprings. Even in Sarah’s old age, God prepared her womb to have a son. In I Samuel 1, Hannah was not able to have children. What struck me is that in verse 5 it states that “The Lord had closed her womb.” Hannah was tortured by her rival, Peninnah, because of her inability to have children. Why did God choose to close Hannah’s womb? I do not have an answer, but God did open Hannah’s womb, and she had Samuel and dedicated him to the Lord. What joyous celebration this was in Hannah’s life?! She must have been so elated to experience the pregnancy and delivery, and to have the opportunity to love and raise him. From these 2 examples, God chose the number of children for these two women. We only know from Scripture they had 1 child, but that one child was God’s plan. He opened and closed the wombs of these women. Jehovah Jireh knows us, and He knows our finances. We are allowing the Lord to dictate the size of our family. I feel in a lot of ways, Ken and I are tremendously blessed with 6 children to raise already. Can we tell God we are satisfied with our 6, and opt for the tubal ligation or vasectomy? As children of the Almighty God who loves us so much and gave up His Son for us, how can we not want to surrender to our human desires, and give Him all of our lives, to look forward to Him saying to us, “Well done, my children.” We view the opportunity to bear and bring up children a high honor given to us by the Lord, and it is not a lowly burden to endure. We rejoice that we are able to be called by Him to bring little ones into the world to be souls that will glorify Him, and warriors who will contend with the enemies of God. How can we say no to more souls that will glorify Him and build His kingdom? 3 comments: Great post, Hannah! ReplyDelete Rejoicing In Him, Patrizia I wholeheartedly agree! I feel SOO blessed to have our five children. I haven't come as far as you yet, though! But I've been hoping this 5th is our last because I am so busy! We'll see. ReplyDelete We were expecting our 5th child when the Lord made it clear that He wanted us to trust Him with our fertility. I remember whining to my husband, "But we could end up with TEN children!" Now that we have ten children (*snicker), I find it amusing when people ask if we're "done". I guess they think 11 would be WAY too many! lolReplyDelete May the Lord richly bless you as you resolve to follow Him.