Too Many Children

How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
-Mother Teresa

In my heart, I still hope and pray for more children. I believe that Mother Teresa understood God's heart when she said there can never be too many children.

This past Sunday was our church potluck. My daughter was up late the night before baking and meticulously decorating cupcakes for the potluck. Upon entering the church, a lady asked my daughter if she could help her bring her cupcakes downstairs to the kitchen. She dropped my daughter's cupcakes down the stairs. It was heartbreaking. All that work. Each cupcake featured a different design. Tears and apologies followed. The lady offered the suggesting that God was stretching my daughter (to show grace and forgive). I only saw the ruined cupcakes lying in the steps. Of course, forgiveness was important in this moment. But, human error had ruined hours of hard work. Human error sends cupcakes flying down the church steps. In the end, some cupcakes survived the ordeal, much to my daughter's relief! Cupcakes and children are two different things (although you might often find these two together!). And, human error, when it comes to cupcakes, is a small thing to be sure. But, how often humans can make the error of underestimating the value of children in God's eyes. Mother Teresa, despite never being a biological mother, understood a scriptural truth about children: more is better!

Julie-Anne