Genesis 1: 20-22
Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the Earth, in the open expanse of the Heavens." And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the Earth."
The first instance of God's blessing recorded in Scripture is to the cold-blooded creatures of the seas and the warm-blooded birds of the air and earth, in multiplying after their kinds, i.e. producing young.
It is God's blessing that enables all His creatures to participate with Him in "pro-creation," having young. Even the fishes, who apparently do not feel emotions, experience God's blessing in producing young.
How much more should we rejoice in God's blessing of children, our heritage from Him, even when we don't feel blessed!
Dear Father, thank You so much for giving me the children I bore. Thank You for letting me rear and raise them in Your Truth. Now, Father, please draw them to Yourself; remind them of the Truth they learned as children, and open their minds and hearts to realize Your love for them.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
