Having Children

Many messages these days are being sent out that make people believe that you do not need to have children to be fulfilled. Most people these days believe that when you are married, having kids is not a number one priority. Most believe that their profession comes first, and then come the kids. Kids are now a liability to the family instead of a benefit because kids used to help out with the family work, but that has now ended. People do not see the importance of having children anymore. I think it is very sad that only 9% of all families will have 3 or more kids. I really think that not having kids goes fully against God's plan for happiness. Because we are supposed to bring to pass the work of Heavenly Father here on the earth, we should bring more of His children here. Although there are circumstances where a husband and wife cannot have children, I believe that how many children any couple has should be something they decide between themselves and the Lord. One thing that I realized in class this week was that about almost everything that has to do with family relationships is up to the husband and the wife to decide. There are so many things where there are no clearly stated correct answers, and that is where we have to come up with our own answers. Those answers must be based off of what we know and what we have learned, and most importantly of all, what we feel the Lord wants us to do.