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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Sister Alvear....just a little sidenote...I would never advise a woman to pursue ministry instead of nursing her baby. As a mother, my primary role from God is to nurture and care for my child, and that is number one, especially when the child is small! Breastfeeding is something women should be encouraged to do, and obviously it doesn't matter now since your children are probably grown, but I think that it would be wrong to choose to bottle feed a baby just to be more helpful to the church! JMHO
Breastmilk is perfect for babies...God made it that way...and I would hope no mother would ever be encouraged to do otherwise, just to be more available to the church. God is the one who gives life, and if that life is given to me, then I think He wants my primary objective to be to care for that life.
I'm sorry if this comes across as a bit critical...not really meaning to be...I'm just a bit shocked that any woman would choose to bottle feed in order to serve the church.
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I understand but you do not live in the circumstances I did many years ago...Churches with no place to breastfeed...out for days on dirty filthy buses traveling to the backlands.
Back then it was not a choice I HAD to help Brother Alvear for we had very few ministers...Today it is a different story.
Remember back then I lived and worked in the far interior...not one of my babies ever had pampers! Things were very difficult.
And another very worrisome thing for me is that since a young girl I have had cysts, tumors and serious problems along those lines...
I could have done it but felt it was not the best in my circumstances...I agree breast feeding is the best method...
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