Other than the lack of sleep thing?
For me it really has brought home what it means to extend grace to a being and the desire to extend grace. It has also totally reaffirmed to me that the god of the Bible is a heinous monster.
2007-05-11 14:27:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, it did... my love for my son exceeds any possible emotion I could ever have towards anyone or anything. I never thought I could love someone so much.
To me, he's my little boy. I'd die for him.
To him, I'm the best thing since pacifiers, simply because of the fact that I'm Daddy.
The feeling of being a parent, even through all the terrible tribulations of whining and screaming and crappy diapers, is irreplaceable and peerless.
2007-05-11 14:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I was already pro-life but being pregnant just made me realize how incredible it is to grow a life inside your body. The first time I heard that heartbeat coming from my womb, I was only a couple months along and I just started to bawl. It has made my pro-life convictions even stronger. Also, having kids makes me just love other kids even more. When I see some of the crap parents do to their kids, I am so confused. How can another person not love their kids like I love mine? How is that possible? I also discovered, after having kids, that I would lay down my life for them without even blinking. I think kids make you a better person. I don't really get what you mean about the biblical God being a monster though. I'm not a bible thumper myself but I've sent quite a few prayers up since I got pregnant and I've always gotten an answer. Sorry your faith has been shaken, hon. Wish I could help.
2007-05-11 14:37:11 · answer #2 · answered by pookiemct07 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believed in a mother's right to choose before I became a mother. I was young and did not truly understand what I was thinking. When I experienced pregnancy and felt my child inside of me and began to consider what was in my future I began to reevaluate my beliefs. When I held my son and looked into his eyes I knew that ending that life once it had been started would have been more wrong than anything I could ever think of at that moment. It was a radical change for me because I was an angry young woman for a long time. I had been treated poorly many times due to my gender (family issues) and I wanted to demand respect from the world. I thought that it was important to be able to choose whatever I wanted regardless of the consequences to others if it had to do with my own person. I did not understand that motherhood makes sacrifice become commonplace until I experienced such an honored role. I learned that coming in second, third, last was desireable. I thank the Lord that parenthood was such a valuable lesson and that He blessed me with healthy, rambunctious boys.
2007-05-11 14:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by future dr.t (IM) 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I became absolutely sure that I was not Christian. At the time of my oldest's conception, I was very confused as to what I believed. But as my pregnancy progressed, my beliefs unfolded before me. And I realized that everything I believed in was NOTHING like what I had been taught. And the things I did believe in strengthened me and still do. And every time I see my children's faces and hear their laughs, my only wish is to see that they are always happy and grow into wonderful people.
2007-05-13 06:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by Cave Dweller 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a parent, but to me I think it would mean that I would have to learn to be more patient and to not be so judgemental. You can't live your kids lives for them and even if they do stupid things you still have to love the heck out of them. (I believe in being stict, but there is only so much you can do to change a person or "control them)
2007-05-11 14:32:05 · answer #5 · answered by J R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i might as we talk end my pastime and grow to be a stay at abode mom, no i does no longer hire a nanny. i might probable purchase a house, no longer something super and fancy. If I abruptly have been given a money i individually dont think of that it would exchange me or my husband lots. If something it quite is going to take incredibly some rigidity faraway from us, yet i might on no account take time faraway from my daughter and that i might on no account provide her unfastened reign. She might nevertheless have chores and discipline and that i does no longer provide in and purchase her in spite of she needs, there could be barriers. i think of we'd take care of it nicely.
2016-10-15 10:29:13 · answer #6 · answered by ulberg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As they get older you will see more changes. You will come to a greater understanding of the Fatherhood of God. Your children will curse you like you curse God, but you forgive, He forgives. Such is life and life is great when it comes from the life giver, even in the midst of suffering.
2007-05-11 14:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel P 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It showed me how God can love us.
2007-05-11 14:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It made me more determined than ever to keep religion out of our schools.
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2007-05-11 14:33:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, my journey was very similar to yours.
2007-05-11 14:30:11 · answer #10 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋