tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post8998955668724905652..comments2023-04-09T02:58:14.481-07:00Comments on Abundant Life on the Homestead: Are We Done Yet?Country Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17523298450290610856noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-63721493892612639512011-05-04T08:50:35.475-07:002011-05-04T08:50:35.475-07:00I followed the link from the comment you left on m...I followed the link from the comment you left on my blog to this and I think this is a great post. It is something that the Lord has been dealing with me on too. I still find myself scared of having double digit children, but my hubby and I have decided no birth control and no snipping or tubals. So, Lord here we are!Dusty (To the Moon and Back)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17380854387784870096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-29238650759830180042011-04-13T13:58:59.717-07:002011-04-13T13:58:59.717-07:00I don't mind at all! I'm glad it encourag...I don't mind at all! I'm glad it encouraged you and I look forward to reading your post.Country Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523298450290610856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-38870771389050912472011-04-13T04:36:31.629-07:002011-04-13T04:36:31.629-07:00Hi April
I discovered your blog through a comment...Hi April<br /><br />I discovered your blog through a comment you made and this post drew my attention. Wow, it is so encouraging to read so many other people's convictions. I also have surrendered my womb to God and it is not an easy path as a few people who commented said.<br /><br /> I hope you don't mind but I'm submitting a post on this topic and I'd like to add a link for others to read this wonderful post of yours.<br /><br />God BlessLisa Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357560782423451224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-26016705982012744712011-04-12T09:10:28.192-07:002011-04-12T09:10:28.192-07:00Of course not--go right ahead! :)Of course not--go right ahead! :)Country Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523298450290610856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-52722282672765080402011-04-11T21:40:30.875-07:002011-04-11T21:40:30.875-07:00Do you mind if I "borrow" the info you h...Do you mind if I "borrow" the info you have on the history of BC?Twinkle Toeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-49528950634134969352011-04-11T12:59:51.424-07:002011-04-11T12:59:51.424-07:00Funny, I have a post on this very subject in my dr...Funny, I have a post on this very subject in my drafts! Just waiting to make sure I like the way it's worded before I hit publish!Twinkle Toeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-51883391698992895712011-04-09T20:05:09.601-07:002011-04-09T20:05:09.601-07:00Great article. Thank you for telling me about it ...Great article. Thank you for telling me about it and I see your goal for your blog is the same as mine...Titus 2:3-5. We need all we can get because I would have loved having an older woman teaching me God's ways!Always Learninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764938913852283082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-92146143625527388462011-03-23T21:06:15.129-07:002011-03-23T21:06:15.129-07:00Lovely family and blog.. Thank you for sharing. I ...Lovely family and blog.. Thank you for sharing. I am so encouraged to see sisters in the Lord open to God's plan. We have nine children. Five are adopted. The youngest is a reversal baby. I birthed two. We are blessed.God has a plan a purpose for each family and He is faithful. God bless your home and family!Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944830859647370706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-18450730879956575762011-02-19T18:18:24.609-08:002011-02-19T18:18:24.609-08:00I have 8 living children. I am 44 years old - and ...I have 8 living children. I am 44 years old - and a grandma - but in a small corner of my heart I would love another baby. God has always been in control of our fertility - I had my first 7 children in 9 years -then went 3 years and had a baby that lived only 4 months and then another 3 years and we had our "baby" (who is almost 6). I say this all because my grandmother had 16 children in 18 years - and I was on the same path after my 7th child - but God had a different plan and it has worked out perfectly - because He is perfect. May God bless you in your generosity.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129372114193004027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-16204503763016513512011-02-12T08:06:12.301-08:002011-02-12T08:06:12.301-08:00Great post! My husband and I have recently given o...Great post! My husband and I have recently given our family size to God as well. I have never been on birth control (at least not since I was a crazy teenager, and only for 6 months.... I have used natural family planning since I got married), but I prayed and asked God what His desires for my family are, and He has recently revealed to my husband and I both that we should trust Him with our family size. Now, I'm not a legalist, I know there are legitimate reasons to wait on kids (my sister has one of those reasons), but what helped us come to the conclusions we did was examining our motives. Why did we want to stop at two children? Was it because we felt God wanted us to, or was it just because that's what is normal for society today? Or worse, was it because we are being selfish and want the two we have to have "more"? We realized that our motives were selfish, and we gave our family planning to God. And, lo and behold, I found out two nights ago that I'm pregnant with our third child! God is SO good! The financial circumstances are not ideal, but God ALWAYS provides, especially when we trust Him. If He blessed us with this baby, He will provide the means to take care of it.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014594296491881000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-56841015181683105022011-02-10T10:27:53.192-08:002011-02-10T10:27:53.192-08:00The Lord has been dealing with me to completely gi...The Lord has been dealing with me to completely give up control of the desire to have another child. At first this was difficult since my first pregnancy I miscarried and we have always wanted 2 children. However, the Lord blessed us with a girl. Here is the scripture the Lord used to comfort me: Psalm 113:9 "He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children." NIV It reminded me that my happiness and joy should be found in Christ and my mothering desires are to placed on my child right now and show that mothering love to children who may not be blessed with that.<br />Lisa H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-80236697352231962502011-02-10T10:20:43.122-08:002011-02-10T10:20:43.122-08:00I too came over from the Homemaking Link-Up. My o...I too came over from the Homemaking Link-Up. My own feelings of birth control is that it is evil. I know that sounds extreme (and it is) but it has done nothing but bring me sorrow. Every good and perfect gift is from above, a gift that brings sorrow without any lasting good, well you can surmise where that comes from.<br /><br />Relying on God to bless your family goes both ways and I was pleased that that fact was acknowledged as I am on a forum for infertility and it is just as hard to rely on God to give you children as it seems to be to rely on him to decide when you are finished.TMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121013597810705687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-38876787123033546082011-02-09T13:36:01.513-08:002011-02-09T13:36:01.513-08:00April, thank you so much for this info! I came fr...April, thank you so much for this info! I came from the Raising Homemakers link-up, too, and your title caught my eye because it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. How strange that we accept birth control so readily when it wasn't even legal 100 years ago!<br />Not coincidentally, I think, I read about Leah and Rachel this morning, and how God was in charge of their childbearing. God's really been working in my heart in this area, and I wanted to thank you for sharing your perspective on this!<br />http://mindofthemother.blogspot.comDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550951618524958511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-35104068633724437912011-02-09T09:07:14.653-08:002011-02-09T09:07:14.653-08:00I am visiting from the homemaking link-up. Great ...I am visiting from the homemaking link-up. Great post! I have done a lot of research on the birth control movement too and was shocked at what I found. I'll be doing a post on my findings soon as well. I was on birth control the first 2 years of my marriage because I thought there were many things "we needed to pay off and do first". I wanted to be in control. Then my husband and I read a book called, "A Full Quiver: Family Planning and the Lordship of Christ". It changed our lives. I threw out the pills and we were expecting 2 months later! God blessed us for putting our trust in Him. My husband works for a ministry and we have little money but have NEVER been in want of anything and God always provides. I am so glad to be living out the faith I profess with my mouth. Just like the Bible says, "Without faith it is impossible to please God!" God bless you sister and thanks for sharing how your heart was changed! I am praying for some friends heart's to be changed too so this was a big encouragement!Jaime Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308898866637288250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-69063510247413128572011-02-08T07:53:40.765-08:002011-02-08T07:53:40.765-08:00Jamie--thank you for adding that in. I am finding...Jamie--thank you for adding that in. I am finding that it is just as easy to slip over to wanting to "control" on the other end. We think that because we gave up birth control, lots of babies are on the way, and yet...isn't this all about trusting God? Babies come as He wills. This is the first time ever that I've gone months without birth control and NOT gotten pregnant. God is sovereign!Country Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523298450290610856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606564805373660914.post-35967249465762773832011-02-08T06:20:05.315-08:002011-02-08T06:20:05.315-08:00Amen! And just because we trust the Lord with our ...Amen! And just because we trust the Lord with our family size, does not mean that He is going to bless us with more babies.Jamiehttp://pursuingtheoldpaths.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com