wedding

[low_delta]

Here was something that was read in church at a wedding we saw today.

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the lord watches over the city, in vain the watchman keeps his vigil.
vain too to eat the bread of toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Children are a heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is a gift.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
Happy is the man who has a quiver full of them!
He shall not be put to shame when he contends with his enemies in the gate.


I have no idea what that means.

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[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

I may be entirely off my beam here, but I'm thinking it's equating children with arrows in a quiver. In order not to be embarrassed when your enemies come calling, it's important to have a lot of children to throw at them. Because that's why God gives us children, so we can send them off to kill and get killed. Don't you kill them in the womb. Wait a bit and use 'em as cannon fodder, or summach.

Christ, man, what kind of wedding was this?!