I wish they could stay this age. I really do. If I could just freeze time at this point, I could keep my sweet little boys just as they are. Blond haired and blue eyed with a love for super heroes, juice boxes, and chicken nuggets. Most importantly, they're innocent. Innocent to the evils of the world and all that lies past the safety that their Daddy and I provide.
I want to protect my boys to shield them from anything that could hurt them physically, emotionally, spiritually. I recently saw a commercial (I don't remember the product) where the mom was trying to protect her son from everything. She even went to his P.E. class and defended him from the oncoming dodge balls! That mother was trying to save her child from the world through her own works.
Our works as Christian mothers are not enough for our sons. The most important thing we can do for our boys is PRAY. They need our hearts to cry out to the Lord for their sake. The most powerful tool we have against the enemy is prayer.
"Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth." Psalms 54:2
I pray they will grow into strong young men of God capable of recognizing sin and wanting no part of it. I pray that they seek God's will for their lives and have a great desire to follow it. I pray that He will help them be pure until marriage and that they will wait for the Lord to bring them the spouse He has intended for them. It's never to early to pray for their wives either. I pray they will adorn the suit of armor that the Lord provides for them and wear it humbly.
"...The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16
Let's give our little guys a head start against the devil.
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over from the link up- My son, my oldest, is 9 and already I constantly worry about his heart and soul. I pray always, I do. If I did not pray I would worry my heart to pieces. It is hard seeing how, already at nine, the things he must fight spiritually. I feel hopeless at times, that I am not doing enough to protect him from the evil. And then I think I am harboring him too much. So I pray, that the lord will give grace to him and I- that where I fall short, grace will fill in the gap. And where he may falter, grace will be there to catch him. Yes, pray for our sons.
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Oh an you know what? I have a old pic, where, of all things, my little one is surrounded by a spilled box of cheerios. She is of course, giddy with delight. Of course mom snapped a pic, right?
ReplyDeleteI worry about this lready for my 4 month old boy! And my 3 year old girl too. SO many temptations and misleading things in this world. I love the book "power of a praying parent" by stormiest omartian!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Silly autocorrect!! Stormie
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