GOD'S GIFT IS GOD'S WORK!        DFO744   5/8/78

         1. HAVING BABIES IS ONE NICE THING WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. We leave it entirely in the Lord's hands, amen? Then you know it's God's will if you have one. When God creates a whole new human life, a new human spirit and a human soul, it has to be the hand of God! God did it, so who is man to question it?--Much less try to get rid of it!
         2. We are diametrically opposed to ABORTION! It is murder! It is your duty to God to have that child! You who are now a part of God's Family have no excuse! If God performed the miracle that brought that child to life & into being, it may not be a wedlock, but it is a lock, & you are locked into having that child!
         3. That child is not only a GIFT of God, but it is also a WORK of God!--And God has from that moment on given you a job to do, a work to do, & that is to have that baby & to take care of it. Bring it up in the nurture & admonition of the Lord & make of it not only a new human soul, but one that's not going to go to Hell and one which will be in eternity FOREVER, a saved soul!
         4. God gives a baby, & both the father & mother had better want it, especially when it's a gift & a creation of God! You'd better want it & be thankful for it & start right off taking good care of the baby by taking good care of the mother!--See that she has enough sleep & enough rest & the right food & that she takes good care of herself. Any man who's not going to take good care of the mother is not going to take good care of the baby either, & that's plain pure selfishness!
         5. I don't mind you men going around fucking the girls, even if it's just for FUN. But once God has made a baby out of that, in a way the fun is over & you're down to serious business!--But it can be fun too, if you're thankful & grateful & realise what a marvellous miracle has happened! God is creating a new immortal human soul that's going to live forever!
         6. PREGNANCY IS VERY IMPORTANT! But you're not supposed to treat a pregnant girl like she's some kind of an invalid! She should be able to do most of her normal housework & chores, except she might have to take a little bit better care of herself, get a little more rest, eat a little more carefully & watch that she doesn't overdo.
         7. You just have to be a little more cautious & a little more careful & prayerful. Maria doesn't look very strong, & she's not, but she has taken good care of the health she has. She eats right, tries to sleep right, takes good care of herself & the baby, & gets some exercise at least.
         8. If God gives a girl a baby, then He must know that she can be a mother, & a good mother. If she's not a good mother, He wants her to learn to be a good mother & to love children. When they're little tiny tots, it's not time for the mother to run away, I don't care how important a fish is!--Your most important fish are those little children! That's your first responsibility.
         9. And if the fathers, like so many fathers, are selfish & they don't want children, they need to learn to want & to love children. They need to learn to take care of a pregnant mother & to help her with the children.
         10. That's what makes a mother wonderful: That self-sacrificial spirit that is willing to sacrifice her own time, her strength & even her health for the sake of that child. And that's what makes a father wonderful: That willingness to sacrifice himself, his strength & his time to help take care of the mother and the child.
         11. You know, a baby is a little bit like Salvation: It's a gift, but if you have it, it causes a lot of hard work, right? "Faith without works is dead." (Ja.2:26) And a baby without hard work is going to be dead too! Children are gifts, but your life as a father & mother taking care of them is a lot of hard work, but it's worth it. Praise God?
         12. WE'RE ONE FAMILY & WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED about our girls who are pregnant. Even if you aren't the father, or don't know if you are, you are responsible. She's your sister, she's part of your family, & she's your responsibility.
         13. We are ALL married! We are all married together into one Family to one Lord, one wife, one bride, so forget about who is responsible! That's so ridiculous! God was responsible! It's God's doing, & it makes it your job no matter who she is, what she is, who supposedly got her pregnant or who the Hell she's been fucking! If they're the sisters in your Home & you're living together, you're bound to be ministering to each other, so you're one family, one wife, one bride!
         14. And the babies & children are NOT just WOMAN'S WORK! In the Family we're supposed to be willing to do whatever needs to be done, whether it's cooking, washing dishes, taking care of babies, etc. If you have real love for the Lord & each other & the children, you will do whatever needs to be done. If you see it needs to be done, do it!
         15. The day will come when you'll actually miss those years when they were the most trouble & the hardest to take care of. You'll miss it if you really were serious about it & you really worked hard at it & you knew it was your job & you tried to do a good job for God!
         16. CHILDREN ARE THE GIFT OF GOD, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE WORK OF GOD! God's gift is God's work! Now don't misinterpret that as being, "Well, if it's God's work then let Him do it." It's a work of God. It's something that you have to do for the Lord.
         17. God hasn't done it all FOR you. He's given you salvation, but you have to work at being a Christian & witnessing & telling others, right? He has given you the Gospel, but you have to work at getting it to others. And if He's given you a child, you'd better go to work at it & make that gift what He wants it to be, amen?
         18. He GIVES you CHILDREN, but you have to WORK hard at taking CARE of them & bringing them up the way they should be reared.--Teaching them, training them & taking care of them until they can take care of themselves.--And someday they'll be taking care of you!
         19. Just think, that's one way you can live ON even after you're GONE!--You can live on in your children. If you've reared them right & done a good job of God's work with God's gift, you're going to be so thankful when you get to Heaven. You'll see not only all the souls you won to the Lord, but also all the souls your children won to the Lord!
         20. Mom never dreamed what a great work she was doing in just changing diapers & feeding babies & taking care of a bunch of little rascals! But they were to become the greatest work she ever did, because they were to become God's work. Without them there would have never been a Revolution, there would have never been a Family.--They're the ones that started it!
         21. SO DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE PRESENT!--What a nuisance they are & how much work they are, how much trouble & what a bother & how much time & strength it takes! Think about the future!
         22. Some day you're probably going to be very thankful that you had a part in those little rascals' care & training. One of these days you're going to be proud of them. So take care of the virgins & the mates & the pregnant girls & the sisters & the mothers & the babies & the children, because God's gifts are God's work. TYL!
         23. Remember what I once told you about children?--I said they are the Kingdom of God. They are His Kingdom, members of His Kingdom, & you're helping to take care of His Kingdom on Earth, helping it to come on Earth as it is in Heaven.--The Lord's Prayer!--Amen?
         24. Little ones are always a lot of trouble. But they go through stages & year by year certain troubles disappear entirely & you have a whole new set of troubles. So they always keep you well-supplied with troubles to keep you busy & out of mischief.
         25. That's why the Lord had to give Adam & Eve so much hard work to do, to keep them out of trouble & out of mischief!--Keep them so busy they wouldn't have time to get in trouble! See, the Garden was a gift of God, but Adam had to work at it, take care of it, tend it & keep it--read it! (See Genesis 2.)
         26. CHILDREN are like flowers in YOUR garden. They're a gift of God, but you've got to take care of them! God's Gifts ARE God's Work!


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