Nursing is Natural
With the birth of our newest child this past weekend, I have once again found myself amazed and awestruck by the beauty and wonder of new life. His cute pudgy cheeks, wrinkly fingers, and limbs that just won’t seem to do what he wants. As I have helped my wife, and watched her care for this newest edition to our family, I couldn’t help but feel this article being birthed in my heart.
Over the last several decades there has been a shift in the medical methods concerning infants and children. Scientific studies and findings continue to discover the benefits of nursing over formula and other forms of infant nutrition. These discoveries have caused the medical professions to swing “back to natural.” Every mother is now encouraged to nurse her child, and they are given stacks of brochures filled with facts to convince them.
Nursing is a natural process in which a mother can give to her infant a portion of the nutrition she has taken in. Her diet determines the nutrition passed to the baby, and so it is with spiritual nursing. The bible describes spiritual milk as watered down revelations and understandings of God. They are revelations simplified so that even the most spiritually immature can readily understand and accept.
Now some Christians look down on the “milk of the Word,” afraid of the rebuke Paul gave to the Corinthian church. Some don’t want to be considered immature and race ahead, only to fall into peril. It is often overlooked that this is a natural and NECESSARY process. Peter in his first letter even went so far as to say, “Long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.”(1 Peter 2:2) Nursing is necessary and nursing is natural.
In the natural, after giving birth, milk production is natural. All that is required for milk production is a steady diet of water and nutrition to the mother, and a willing, hungry infant. As long as each of these are in steady supply milk production is a given. It is only when one these requirements are left unmet that the milk supply is in danger. If the mother fails to eat or drink then the milk supply is in jeopardy. If the baby is never given the chance to eat, the milk supply will fail.
It does not need to be a struggle to help raise healthy spiritual children. Nursing is natural. Simply share the revelations of what God has shown you. Share the things that God has taught you, and you will be amazed at how quickly your milk supply will increase. As the spiritual newborn grows in size so will the revelations that God brings to you. Nursing is natural. Enjoy the experience.
Over the last several decades there has been a shift in the medical methods concerning infants and children. Scientific studies and findings continue to discover the benefits of nursing over formula and other forms of infant nutrition. These discoveries have caused the medical professions to swing “back to natural.” Every mother is now encouraged to nurse her child, and they are given stacks of brochures filled with facts to convince them.
Nursing is a natural process in which a mother can give to her infant a portion of the nutrition she has taken in. Her diet determines the nutrition passed to the baby, and so it is with spiritual nursing. The bible describes spiritual milk as watered down revelations and understandings of God. They are revelations simplified so that even the most spiritually immature can readily understand and accept.
Now some Christians look down on the “milk of the Word,” afraid of the rebuke Paul gave to the Corinthian church. Some don’t want to be considered immature and race ahead, only to fall into peril. It is often overlooked that this is a natural and NECESSARY process. Peter in his first letter even went so far as to say, “Long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.”(1 Peter 2:2) Nursing is necessary and nursing is natural.
In the natural, after giving birth, milk production is natural. All that is required for milk production is a steady diet of water and nutrition to the mother, and a willing, hungry infant. As long as each of these are in steady supply milk production is a given. It is only when one these requirements are left unmet that the milk supply is in danger. If the mother fails to eat or drink then the milk supply is in jeopardy. If the baby is never given the chance to eat, the milk supply will fail.
It does not need to be a struggle to help raise healthy spiritual children. Nursing is natural. Simply share the revelations of what God has shown you. Share the things that God has taught you, and you will be amazed at how quickly your milk supply will increase. As the spiritual newborn grows in size so will the revelations that God brings to you. Nursing is natural. Enjoy the experience.
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