Does God ever talk to you in a certain place? One friend said that for her it was always in the car. Another friend said that it was when she ran on the treadmill. I know it sounds crazy, but for me it is the bathtub (please tell me that I'm not the only one!) . Its probably because I always take long, hot baths after I put the three munchkins to bed and it is the only place that I can be still and hear His voice and not have little ones fighting for my attention.
We had one of those convos a few weeks ago, but it has been on my mind ever since and I want to write it down so that I can reflect on it later. It has been revolutionary for me.
"Your role as their mother is not to prepare them to live successful lives as adults. Your job is to prepare them for My will on their lives".
So, so simple. So simple in fact that when I relayed the message to my husband he gave me the sideways look and slowly said, "Well, yeah". Like this is the message that I shouldve gotten a long time ago.
And I did get it a long time ago. It wasnt the first time that He had spoken that to me. The first time it grabbed my attention was when Alan and I obeyed His call to homeschool our children. But this time it was louder and all of a sudden it has settled within me.
Because isnt it so easy to get wrapped up wanting what the rest of the world wants for their children?
Its so easy to want my children to live happy, shiny American lives. I dont believe that there is anything wrong with wanting and wishing my children to go to fantastic colleges and land amazing jobs and live in beautiful houses and having nice things. But those things are so consuming, yet so
fleeting..
For My will on their lives..
To be honest, I had a moment of panic. Children of God are not promised easy lives. His will may not be safe and that scares me as their mother.
But then I remembered that their not really mine. They have been entrused to our care for a very short time, but that they are not ultimatley mine and they are not in my ultimate control.
And if that is Gods call on their lives then so be it. I pray I have strength enough to parent them in a way that they will see a bigger way of living. That at the end of their life all that will matter is if they obeyed Gods call on their life.
1 John 2:16-17
