What is going on?!

I have been watching TV lately, and I have noticed a patern. I have noticed that more and more people are talking about babies, and kids. Just two weeks ago I was watching the Oprah show, and the theme was the Mom show. And on the screen were dozen of Mom's from all over the United States. But here's the thing that desturbed me the most about this show. These Mom's weren't gloating and gushing over their beautiful babies and children. They were infact doing the exact opposite. Almost every woman was talking about how they hated to be mothers, they hated waking up every morning and having to deal with their children. It's about at this point where my jaw dropped, the anger fused inside me, and I thought I was going to exploid. WHAT! How can you say that?

One mother went as far as to say that she didn't love her husband, and actually hated him because he "did this to her." SAY WHAT! Another said that she refuses to have sex with her husband because she is so scared of getting pregnant again. Oprah proceeded to make it look like we should be feeling sorry for these women, who were going through this amazingly hard time raising children. No way sista I am not falling for that! I'm pretty sure that in my Bible it says that children are a blessing. Did I read that correctly? I couldn't believe what I was watching, and witnessing. It made me want to shut the TV off, but I couldn't do it.

Then I was watching TV the other day, but this time it was Tyra Banks. Her topic was teen pregnancy. She began the show with a stage full of girls all of whom were still virgins. She went through the stage asking every girl about their choice. Some saying that they didn't want to get pregnant. Others saying they hadn't met the right guy. And one girl said that she was saving herself for marriage. Then their friends, and or boyfriends came onto the stage, and one of the girls friends was pressuring her to have sex. Saying " just do it to get it over with." I'm sorry, are those the people that are influencing our young generation? The show continued and featured a girl who was trying to get pregnant (at 17) and lieing to her boyfriend about being on birth control. Another 5 girls sat on the couch, all pregnant, ranging from the ages of 13-19 years old.

I read in a book recently that we as girls, and woman are the essence of God. The ESSENCE! And yet young girls are being taught that it's ok to bring a baby into the world without being married, and at the age of 13. " Oh we will deal with it when it happens" HOW ABOUT NOT LETTING IT HAPPEN! As I was listening to the women complaining on Oprah about their hard lives as a Mom. And then I think about Bonnie, who at the age of 23 had twin boys. Or about her sister Jen who has a little girl that has a personality of her own, and some days Jen is very frusterated. Or about Heidi who is about to get married to a man who already has 2 boys. And I never hear anything about how hard they have it. Instead I hear nothing but praises, and love, and gushing over their babies. Today when I walked into the portable at church Samuel and Micah were there, and it took one look at them, and their smiles on their faces grew, and my heart melted! How can we as a society think that children are such a burden! How did this change, how is it so twisted!

Since I was little, I have wanted a big family, with lots of kids, and lots of people around to love on my kids. And yet I sit on the couch and watch as the world destroys the vision of children, the true purpose. If you let them, children can touch your life in a way that no other person can. If you let them into your life, you will learn so much about what it means to have faith like a child. In the same reason that a baby has so much trust in the person that is holding them. Knowing that you won't drop them. Or knowing that you love them so much, that no matter what they do, no matter was the outcome, love will still conquer.

Faith like a child, a very blessed, and loved child.