Friday, October 5, 2012

First comes love....then a sports car




“Mommy when I grow up can I get a sports car?” Rowan asked.

“If you want one, yes,” I answered.

“When I have a baby, I can get one?” she continued.

“If you and your husband decide you want a sports car, then yes, you guys will buy one.”

She nodded her head in approval.

I was telling this story to a friend and she asked why I said if Rowan and her husband decide it’s okay, then it’s okay.  Why didn’t I say Rowan if you want to buy one, then you can buy one.  Let her know she can buy one on her own.

I said because I want her to have the thought about marriage in her mind, even that isn’t what she sees every day.  I want the message there that babies come after husbands, and not six or seven months after husbands.  The world will teach her she can buy a sports car for herself, but I want her to know the way God intended for it to go.  First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a sports car.

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