If the purpose of "sexual union" (aka lovemaking) is and only is to produce "Godly seed" (aka kids), then why is it that God has made it so hard for me to keep my hands off of my wife, even when she is (as she is currently) pregnant and, hence, is unable to produce another "Godly seed" until the first one has......... sprouted?
There's a lot more to making love than just producing "Godly seed," Soleil. I'm not sure if you intended this, but it sure sounds like you are implying that making love for any reason other than having children is not in the plan. Or am I misreading?
The purpose of my post was not to say that the benefit of sexual unions is only to procreate children. Not at all.
What I was trying to express is what God experienced when A&E disconnected from Him and tainted their future lineage, basically leaving God out of it. This was the beginning of the fallen world as we know it with all the suffering that we see.
See, the thing is you can never know how your kids are going to turn out, no matter how Godly a person might be. I've noticed a trend in which the children of pastors and religious elders quite often turn out to be extremely rebellious, because they have the most to rebel against.
A child is like a plant that has to be nurtured. By the time a child is 15/17 years old, it is to late to correct what happened in the early years.
What kind of environment the parents create spiritually and physically for their child is crucial. We have only one chance to do it right.
It has to do with priorities. For me safe education was first before a mortgage. It worked. Whatever your priorities are is what you will get at the end.
For pastors and leaders, sometimes they sacrifice their families in an unhealthy way. I also believe that Satan forces focuses on leaders first.If they can destroy the leaders' families, it has a great negative impact on others.
The book of Proverbs itself cautions against storing up wealth, because the child you give it too may turn out to be a fool and waste it all.
It is very important for the parents to offer their baby to God in a ceremony and thank God at every birthday. It is God's child first. God is his or her Heavenly Parent. One of my fear has always been that my children would not do well and that I would die with regrets leaving a mess behind me. That is a great fear to have. It helped me to make sure, it does not happened.
I agree that the primary purpose of lovemaking is to have children, but the Godly part is up to the individual, not the parents of that individual.
Like for A&E, as their grew, they became responsible for their action.
Love comes before Life but lineage is even more important than Love and Life.
Wishing you the best with your new baby.
