Psalm 127.3-5 states, “Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them...”
There is no virtue or lasting spiritual benefit from the simple act of procreation. Virtually anyone past the age of puberty can make love and make babies. That’s not hard to do. There are plenty of emotionally deadbeat moms and dads who do not qualify for God’s promise of parental blessing even if their “quiver is full” of kids. Having children is one thing. Raising “them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6.4) is quite another.
