That situation is an example of a mother who thought she was loving her daughter and caring for her in a way that would provide the very best for her daughter. By this we can obviously know that the mother truly did love her daughter. In fact that is the case more likely than not. It’s not to say that parents do not love their children with this claim, it’s just that the production of the pure existence of children may be more for the parent themselves than the child. After all, parents do not know the child to love them before they are born. The idea and God-given desire for a family complete by children, is all that two individual’s have before their descendant’s.
The mother of that girl thought that she was fighting for her daughter in the last possible way by keeping her alive. The mother knew life was the greatest thing she could give her, and like any loving parent, she thought death would be the worst she could give her. It wasn’t in the wish of the daughter she was interested in and acting upon though. The mother’s love for her daughter benefited her own selfish desire as true love for her daughter would have been selfless, giving first to the hope of her daughter as a result. I know that it is impossible for parent’s to think of agreeing to death, even if that would essentially be better for their child. With that kind of love, a parent would obviously be loving selflessly because they cannot even imagine this worst for their child. I don’t deny that, but my claim is that the intent of having children may be lout of selfishness many times.
The father’s love for us is selflessly given, and that is why our god is jealous for us. He wants back for His own, but selflessly he also have us the choice to life of death (literally and not as a continuation to the story). Therefore—because we are made in God’s image—it is no wonder that parent’s could then love selfishly or jealously. For Christ-follower’s the drive to have a family comes with honoring God by doing so—contributing to His mission field by raising children who will fear Him and share what He did for us. Even within this, I believe selfish reasons are in the greater likeliness as the motive for children.
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