Comments on: Our Children are God’s Children http://www.catholicdadsonline.org/posts/3801/our-children-are-gods-children/ Because we need all the help we can get Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason Gennaro http://www.catholicdadsonline.org/posts/3801/our-children-are-gods-children/#comment-12548 Jason Gennaro Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:22:54 +0000 http://www.catholicdadsonline.org/?p=3801#comment-12548 A good, insightful post, Theophilus. This especially resonated with me: <blockquote>"We must always keep in mind that our kids belong to God and are given to us by him."</blockquote> It is true and then some. I'd say we are not "given them" as much as they are entrusted to us, in the same way that Christ's 30 hidden years were entrusted to St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin. As my kids age and they grow into autonomous little beings, I am reminded in an even greater way that they possess their own souls, crafted from the love of me and my wife but ultimately from God. @Matt It is difficult to tell in what way these deaths are related to God's will, but we do know that nothing happens without His will. God's will, in fact, is two-fold: His perfect will is His desire for something to happen and His making it so; His permissive will is His allowing something to happen, even if that something is incomprehensible to us. And, unfortunately for parents, God does sometimes kill children (or allow children to be killed) to teach lessons, see 2 Samuel 11 & 12 as one example. A good, insightful post, Theophilus.

This especially resonated with me:

"We must always keep in mind that our kids belong to God and are given to us by him."

It is true and then some. I'd say we are not "given them" as much as they are entrusted to us, in the same way that Christ's 30 hidden years were entrusted to St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin.

As my kids age and they grow into autonomous little beings, I am reminded in an even greater way that they possess their own souls, crafted from the love of me and my wife but ultimately from God.

@Matt

It is difficult to tell in what way these deaths are related to God's will, but we do know that nothing happens without His will. God's will, in fact, is two-fold: His perfect will is His desire for something to happen and His making it so; His permissive will is His allowing something to happen, even if that something is incomprehensible to us. And, unfortunately for parents, God does sometimes kill children (or allow children to be killed) to teach lessons, see 2 Samuel 11 & 12 as one example.

]]> By: Matt Walker http://www.catholicdadsonline.org/posts/3801/our-children-are-gods-children/#comment-11436 Matt Walker Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:44:54 +0000 http://www.catholicdadsonline.org/?p=3801#comment-11436 It was not God's will that these children be "taken", and God doesn't kill children to teach us something. The reason these events occur is that this is a fallen world, and Satan, "the god of this world", roams about like a lion seeking whom he may devour. It is our job as Christians to take back this world one soul at a time until Christ returns to establish his kingdom here on earth. Then, we won't have to worry about the devil, who Christ referred to as "a murderer from the beginning", killing children whether it be in the womb or at a pool party. It was not God's will that these children be "taken", and God doesn't kill children to teach us something. The reason these events occur is that this is a fallen world, and Satan, "the god of this world", roams about like a lion seeking whom he may devour. It is our job as Christians to take back this world one soul at a time until Christ returns to establish his kingdom here on earth. Then, we won't have to worry about the devil, who Christ referred to as "a murderer from the beginning", killing children whether it be in the womb or at a pool party.

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