>>794714
God's promise to Abraham was that his children would be counted BY FAITH, not by blood. Christians share in this promise. So don't say that you will not have children. Paul remarks on this when he cites the book of Isaiah:
>For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman, than of her who has a husband.”
So you WILL have children by considering your younger friends as children. This world is full of fatherless/motherless people, including myself. Therefor, we NEED people like you to adopt the fatherless/motherless.
Remember how the bible often says to defend the fatherless? God is charging you with this task of adopting them, as all good Christians must:
>James 1:27
>“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
>James 2:15-16
>“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?”
>Hosea 14:3
>“For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
>Isaiah 1:17
>“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.”
>Psalm 82:3
>“Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.”
>Deuteronomy 10:18
>“He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.”
>John 14:18
>“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”