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My oldest is 16 years old today, how life has changed in 16 years! Do you remember your life before kids? I’m not sure I do remember it clearly anymore….
I have to say that Logan certainly changed my life. His birth was the most difficult for me physically and emotionally and changed my perspective on health care forever. Our experience with sending him to school changed our thoughts on schooling forever. And of course, being my first he taught me what motherhood was all about.
He is a pretty neat young man if I do say so myself. One of my prayers for him was that he develop strong leadership skills and he sure has. My prayer for him also was that he would find Jesus at an early age and he did. He’s becoming quite the Godly young man.
For his 16th birthday we chose to give him ring as a symbol of what he’s working to be. He chose the ring which has the words El Shaddai Warrior on it. With it we gave him a framed piece stating what this ring and “El Shaddai Warrior” represents. Here’s just part of what’s in his frame;
“If I have the COURAGE to face my fears; HONOR , which I show to God and my fellow man; the proper ATTITUDE concerning myself and my circumstances; the MENTAL toughness required to make hard decisions; PURITY of the heart, mind, and body; the INTEGRITY to stand for what I believe, even in the most difficult situations; effective OWNERSHIP of all that is entrusted to me; and focused NAVIGATION in order to successfully chart my course in life; I will live as a true EL SHADDAI WARRIOR, committed to battling evil and changing my world for God’s glory.”
We adapted most of what we put in his frame from a book called Teknon Warrior that my husband had used with him over the last few years. When presenting it to him my husband pointed out that this isn’t an ending but a starting point and his training in becoming a Godly man continues.
I thank God for a husband who is willing to take ownership of this area of parenting and care enough to train our boys into the men God wants them to be. I also thank God for a son who is willing to take up the standard and become the man God wants him to be. | 
