Not A Replacement.

Genesis 4:25-26

    Adam and Eve had another son, named Seth. He was named by Eve, and given Seth which means "granted". She states that God gave her Seth in the place of Abel.
    
      Yet, God doesn't give replacement children to us. He gives us children because He has a purpose for them. It is never okay to call one of your children a "replacement".

  The passage ends by telling us that Seth had a son named Enosh, and during that time humans began to worship the Lord by name.


                      Dear God,
                               Help parents not to make replacements out of children, but to treat each child as the unique individual You made them to be.
                            In Jesus' name, Amen.