Do you want a boy or girl?

Tomorrow Steph. will be having the ultrasound that will let us know if we will be having a boy or girl. So, as many of you have experienced I keep getting the question, “Do you want a boy or girl?” My answer is normally “yes”. I do want a boy or girl.:) We have went back a forth on the subject and decided as we prayed tonight…we just want him or her to be healthy.

Of course, as a man I have a tendency to be inclined to want a man child. However, I would could never imagine being disappointed about having a little girl.

However, if we are honest we know exactly what we prefer as youth pastors. When I am in my room and I hear so and so is here and they have friend my initial thought is “I hope it is a boy..” As we all know youth ministries and churches seem to attract women. It is often the struggle to get men. Boys just seem to be more fun and have more potential. (in my wrong view of thinking) We do know that God uses men. However, we also know that many men God desires to use are limited by a woman. We also know of men that would not be who they are without a woman.

I want to change my heart from “I hope it is boy” mentality in youth ministry to “I just want to be healthy (spiritually speaking) The Bible does say in Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. With God’s help and with my wife by my side we could invest into some young ladies who will become virtuous women. That is a pretty good investment.