On “Drs.” Program February 3 on Fox TV, the discussion was on sterilization – women choosing to never have children. The indication was that few women regretted it.

This discussion touched all the bases but had not one mention of the greatest reason, that being theological – the time when the redeemed become resurrected immortal beings and joyfully live forever in the place called Heaven.

In Genesis, God gave dominion over the seed of Adam to multiply, providing in part the future population of Heaven. In essence, the population numbers largely were to be determined by mankind.

Yes, each child has a mom and a dad after their initial beginning and then they had children, and those children, each with a mom and a dad who often play a large role in the life of the family.

God said He could make children of Abraham from rocks in the ground. He could populate Heaven with angels but instead chose redeemed man for the project.

Ultimately, to live eternally in a perfect environment with one’s own redeemed, resurrected and immortal offspring and ancestry should trump any reason why not to have children.