A Biblical View of Children - Blessing and Responsibility

CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING FROM GOD, NOT A BURDEN. You cannot read through even the first book of the Old Testament without noticing that the Bible is very pro-child in stark contrast to much of American society.

Daniel Doriani writes: ‘The American family is shrinking like a cheap cotton
shirt. In a day of small families, people-watchers can enjoy the reaction when a couple announces, “We are
pregnant again.” If they herald a second child, faces beam approval and arms extend affection. The display
shows that we no longer take the multiple-child family for granted. A second child is an event. It creates another ideal family: mother, father and two children. But the body language changes for subsequent pregnancies. In my circles, body language suggests that three children
are a sign of faith; four, a sign of bravura; five, extravagance;
and six, lunacy.’

The Bible presents a very different picture. The high view of children and the family presented in Psalm 127 should also be the mindset of believers today, no matter what our culture thinks.