Jun. 21, 2007 - In my corner of the world ...
There are mommies struggling with what it means to be just moms ...
we loved the days when we meant the whole world to our kids.
And we struggle ... missing those days when we clearly saw what our goal was! Bible stories and sleep overs and cookies and bible story crafts ... and just because we said it was a good enough reason to assume it would be fun.
And now ... if we suggest it ... the assumption is that it must be, well, not fun.
Today I saw a shift. We took action. We met them on their playing field ... literally. The battle field. An airsoft tournament.
A day of Airsoft battles, cookies, brownies, slushies, salsa! The actual shift came in the form of a short ,impromptu Bible Study (inadequate as I was feeling) about the Armor of God. Short because I almost chickened out. But something changed in my heart sitting at that table today, talking about our kids, their struggles, our struggles, youth group, no youth group, where did we lose them, what happened to my little guy who hung on my every word, gray words/black words, curse words, boyfriends/girlfriends or not ... the main question we all had though was HOW DID WE GET HERE???
Followed quickly by How do we get back?
I love my kid! I love your kids! And we have a job to do ladies!
Today ... we made our first steps toward taking them back ... we're taking these kids back. The world wants them. It tells them that they don't need rules, they don't need guidelines, they need freedom and self-esteem and they are entitle to what they want!
Satan wants them. He tells them that we're not on their side. That we're old fashioned and outdated and trying to control them.
And we sit around on our hands ... and more accurately on our hearts acting as if that's true because He's telling us the same thing!
This is a war.
As great as these kids are ...
A part of each one of them wants just a little bit of the world too!
We have to stand in the gap! I'm going to stand for your family and you stand for mine.
Ezekial 22:30 "I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none."
Land was the great asset a man could have during this time ... if the land was lost, there was no hope.
As a people, one of the greatest assets we have is our children.
We took them aside today and gave them the rules for keeping their eyes protected during the game, we told the other kids ... don't hit them when they are vulnerable ... That's a bible lesson right there! We suggested strongly that they wear protective gear so that they didn't get a bruise or a bump while they were playing a game! We teach them to walk, to talk, to read, to add, to subtract, do long division, dissect frogs ... the list goes on and on ... we don't apologize for that. We don't hesitate there.
What lie of Satan have we bought into that keeps us from teaching spiritual lessons to our kids while they are together? Are we afraid they won't think we're cool? GUESS WHAT ... they don't think we're all that cool now. I'm not going to be afraid anymore!
How about you?
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