Friday, October 9, 2015

Hearing God for Our Kids


         It is hard not to worry when you are a Mom. A pastor once said
                  “You can’t worry and trust God at the same time.”
         I say, yes you can, and it’s called being a Mom. We worry. We pray for our kids. We give our kids to God and trust Him. Then we worry again, pray again, and trust Him again. It is tough being a Mom.
         We think it is tough when our kids are two, and it is! But even when they are 20 we can still worry, pray for them, trust God with them and worry some more. I think God made us this way to love and protect our kids. However, He wants us to trust Him with our kids.
One of my friends shared this story with me:
         When my son was 7 and 8 (he is 19 now), he had a benign brain tumor that caused horrible seizures. He finally had surgery and was seizure-free for years, until about 3 years ago, right before he was graduating from high school and getting ready for college. He started having them in his sleep and had to go back on medication.
         As you can imagine, I did a lot of fretting about sending him off to college, hoping he would remember to take his meds every day, hoping his RA and roommates would know what to do, hoping they didn't migrate into waking hours, etc.
          While he was still home, I would go into his room every morning to make sure he was breathing and hadn't had one during the night. One morning right before high school graduation, when I was particularly emotional about everything (I was also getting ready to move from Virginia to NM), I went in as usual and leaned over him to check on him (he sleeps very soundly!) I physically felt the hands of God on my shoulders and heard his voice say out loud, "Mom, I got this," which is something my son always says to me.
         From that moment on, I realized that I had to put him in God's hands because there was nothing more I could do to take care of him except worry. He is at college now and has had a few seizures...but each time, everyone around him did what they were supposed to do, and he is fine.”

          Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”
          Isn’t it comforting to know your children have angels watching over them?
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Do you trust God with your kids?
Have you heard God speak to you through His Word, a sermon or the Holy Spirit that He is going to take care of your children?







*** This is Day 9 of the 31 Days of Hearing God series. It is part of the write31days.com challenge. To read the rest of the topics in this series click here. ***

14 comments:

  1. Wow! Just wow! How comforting of a reminder that God "has it"!

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  2. A big WOW and a few God bumps!!!

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  3. I have heard that worry and fear = distrust of God. It is so hard to balance the responsibility he has entrusted us as parents with trusting him to take care of our kids.

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    1. Yes I agree. And I have heard that too. I didn't mean to say that worrying is okay. I should have been more clear about that. I just meant that that is what we do as parents.

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  4. Oh I have such a hard time with mommy anxiety! My military husband has been gone a lot over the past few years and sometimes I just feel like it's all my shoulders. How comforting to know that God's got it all in His hands for us!

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    1. Yes, I'm thankful too that He is much more capable than us to care for our kids.

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  5. totally agreed, we can trust God and worry about our children at the same time. But we take those thoughts captive, knowing that God is ultimately in control of our children.

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    1. Yes, I didn't mean to say it is okay to worry. We do not to take those thoughts captive and trust God more with our kids. Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. I love this. I struggle often with that question: is worry a sin? Maybe I need to learn to contemplate, or consider, instead of worrying. God didn't create us to be apathetic or to not take responsibility... I think, though, that the biggest problem with worry is that it takes us away from God -- we subconsciously get into a mindset that our troubles are bigger than God. The more I have to let go of my littles, the more I'm going to have to pray about them! I suppose more prayer isn't a bad thing. :)

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    1. Prayer definitely is a good thing! LOL. I agree worry makes our problems look bigger than God and we know that isn't true.

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