Mom Heart Moments #250

Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

OFTEN I SEE PARENTS WHO RAISE their children to run away from cultural battles and stay far off from those who are lost and broken and who have scars and difficulties. They find it easy to criticize those who are engaged in bringing the light of Christ into the arena of darkness.

I will admit that the world can be a very fearful place to be. But God has asked me, as a mom, to live by faith, not to look to the limitations of my own life and this wicked world we live in, but to the God who tells us to overcome evil with good.

So I had to ask, “Would He have me do anything less than send my own children, as God sent His own Son, into the world to redeem dark places?”

Preparing children to run away from the battle will require a very different parenting philosophy from preparing them to engage in it.

As for the Clarksons, we will seek to engage in the battle and rub shoulders with the lost, because we cannot do other than what our Lord and Savior showed us to do —to go into the world to make disciples, to see the multitudes with compassion, and become workers in the harvest field of the world.

Pray with me, for your own children: “Lord, these are Your children, created by You with a personality and purpose. Train them for the spiritual warfare in which they will engage. Prepare them for the battles they will confront. Be their fortress, their stronghold, their deliverer and shield. They are not ours to hold on to, but to prepare for Your Kingdom purposes. Amen.”