Modeling Good Behavior for our Children
I am encouraging people to pray for the protection of God’s gift, our children.
I am encouraging people to pray for the protection of God’s gift, our children.
The red-flag danger alerts were physical. I whispered a prayer: He’s yours, Lord. Thank you for holding him in your hands.
Someday you’ll miss tucking your children into bed, kneeling down to pray with them, hearing their footsteps and laughter…
I know I have to grab this moment. Reach for it. Drink from the deep well of blessing that exists in the fleeting here-and-now.
I’m grateful that as our children grow, God is compassionate, replacing sweet young-child blessings with other precious things…
Kids are much more involved with combat than in the past. It wasn’t uncommon for our military son to call his younger brothers while he was on deployment…
There is nothing silly about telling others that you love them. That is precious. And powerful. Those words are a blessing.
My sister tells me about Mom in heaven, and how we’ll always keep the legacy of love alive in our family…
When I think about Mandy’s struggle to conceive or the miracle that followed, I am reminded that God’s Word is alive…
Jesus had been a boy like me. And he loved his mother as hungrily as I Ioved mine.
I was faced with the certainty that I was no longer in charge of keeping him safe…
There is something graceful and lovely in this common, everyday thing…