No, I am not yet married, nor do I have children. However, I often think about the future, and I hope one day God blesses me with the chance to have kids. But have you seen our nation lately? It seriously worries me that I will raise them in a world full of violence and terror. It seems to keep getting worse, day after day.

All too often, I see posts on social media where parents are frightened about the future of the U.S. and they are afraid for their children and grandchildren and what the world is becoming. Honestly, so am I.

When I was a child, I remember hearing my parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents tell stories about how they would walk to and from school with no problem at all. They could ride their bikes to the store or to their neighbor-friends’ houses to hangout and their parents didn’t worry about them all day because they knew they were just fine and safe in their communities.

Now, even though I am technically an adult, I am too afraid to go to the mall alone, and my parents still worry every time I go somewhere, either alone or with friends. We shouldn’t have to live in fear, and we shouldn’t just not have kids anymore because we are afraid for their future…

Luckily, I have awesome proof showing that it IS okay to have more children, it IS okay to raise your kids in this world, and it IS actually what we are supposed to be doing.

First and foremost,

Genesis 9:7 says, “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

God tells us to be fruitful and multiply this Earth with our offspring. If God is commanding us to have children and to fill this world with our kids then we should follow His will for us.

Also, I love reading Psalm 127:3-5, “3 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth. 5 Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”

Here God tells us that having children are gifts from Him.Isn’t that amazing??

Don’t you love to have joy in your life? Well, in Proverbs 23:24, God tells us that having children brings us so much Joy!!“The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.”

The best thing that we can do is teach our children about God and His Truth. In the Bible, God gives us such great instruction on how to raise our children to love one another and to follow His commandments. He gives us the gift of having children and we should receive that and fill the Earth with His disciples. That is why we are here, to spread the Word of God.

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”