Comments on: We Don’t Believe It

By: Jessie Stimpson

Jessie Stimpson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:17:34 +0000

Good post! I get the “hands full” thing a lot, and we only have two girls! People seem to think having kids closer than 4 or 5 years apart is burdensome or crazy or something. I love my girls!! Yeah, I need a break sometimes, but I love involving them in whatever I do. They’re not a “handful” if you don’t let them just do whatever they want and go nuts. The Bible teaches us to train our children in the ways of God. If our multitude of kids are all well-behaved in public, then people will wonder what’s going on. But if your kids are ever nuts, just go to Wal-mart and see what crazed really is. :)

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:33:58 +0000

I have three girls and a boy and I fully intend to teach my son that fishing is the better part of valor in some cases.

By: Stephen Newell

Stephen Newell — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:39:29 +0000

Came back and realized I should make my comment a bit more clear.

What I say is that, depending on which gender they lack, they should keep going till they even things out a bit. No dad should have to put up with excessive estrogen, and no mom should be tortured with excessive testosterone. ;-)

By: Proverbs31

Proverbs31 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:13:02 +0000

Child Number One: Congratulations!
Child Number Two: Another one already?
Child Number Three: You do know what causes that don’t you?
Child Number Four (or more): Are you having more on purpose??

I’ve only got three but I have so many friends with four or five that we all get a lot of comments. I confess that I often fall into the same line of thinking, feeling like I have my hands full. I don’t mind having them with me during worship but it’s easy to feel irritated when I can’t follow the sermon for all the interruptions. How easy I forget that it’s my job to teach my children to sit and listen to the sermon too. :)

By: Stephen Newell

Stephen Newell — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:41:10 +0000

What’s funny is that I’m guilty of just such behavior, but in a different way.

When I see a couple who has a plethora of one sex I will tell them (only if I know them) or my wife that “they need to keep going. They don’t have enough girls/boys yet!” ;-)

By: Jake T

Jake T — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:21:28 +0000

It’s not the restraunts that bother me any more than nonChristians doing sinful stuff bothers me.

What bothers me is the attitude in church that kids need to be wisked away so that we can ‘really worship.’

How are these kids supposed to have any idea what goes on in church if they’re never there for it?

And if we can’t worship with our families (and with other people’s) and the noise they bring, how/where are we supposed to worship?

By: Calixto Arce

Calixto Arce — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:06:18 +0000

I am reading Family driven Faith and love it! I would love to give it to every parent we know! We even started reading the Westminster Shorter Catechism to help our children gain a biblical world-view. The statistics from Barna that he site in this book are very scary!!
Brenda

By: Kristi

Kristi — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:50:16 +0000

I get the “Woah, you’ve got your hands full” ALL the time, and when they find out we’re having a fourth boy, “I’m so sorry!” Jim, I usually do come back with a positive comment like, “We’re blessed with boys.” Or something like that. It usually throws them off guard. It is fun. :)

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:48:32 +0000

Living in Utah is nice if for no other reason than taking our four kids out to eat in a restaurant evokes no stares, dirty looks, or comments. Four is nothing here.

Thanks for this post.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:55:37 +0000

Thats a good one.

My favorite is “Whoa! You’ve got your hands full!” Duh right? To which I invariably reply, “Yes, but their full of JOY!” And that always invokes a puzzles stare and silence and allows me to get on with eating.