Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark

Darkness invades our lives more often than we would like or expect. When news of another tragedy explodes over social media or the news, we feel sorrowful and angry, and sometimes afraid and confused. Our children, of course, experience all this too.

While we tend to our own spirits in such difficult times, we mamas must remember we also tenderly hold the hearts of our own children. We need to be guardians of the flame of faith inside of them, until they are old enough to guard their hearts themselves. In a world of media and video games and TV and movies and cell phones that can carry the images of all sorts of evil, one of the best gifts we can give to our children is the gift of an innocent, protected heart.

Children are made to be innocent, to believe in mystery, to be good and pure of heart. The longer we can keep them in this place of storing up hope, and believing in miracles, the better. So, when a tragedy occurs, we must, as the strong ones, bear up the difficulty and tragedy inside our own hearts, pray, and walk with the Lord and in the comfort of other spiritually mature adults.

We must seek Him who is the light in the darkness and look more profoundly into Scripture, which reminds us that we, and our world, indeed need a Savior. He is with us, He is our hope, and He has never, ever left us alone.

His Promises

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”

Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes not only me but also my Father who sent me.