Romance & Praying for our Children
2011
Day 21
Romancing the hearts of our boys, with the purpose of pointing their attention to Christ, can only be effective if we are daily seeking after Him ourselves. Romance and praying for our children are so closely tied together.
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” – {Matthew 12:34} – a true challenge for parents. Those things that we allow to influence and fill our minds and thoughts will, in turn, come out in our interactions with our children.
There has been one man in our life who has faithfully encouraged us {and many other couples!} to make the time to pray together daily. I am so thankful for him – we fall short of this many times, but to know there is someone cheering us on, encouraging the endeavor, sharing how meaningful it has been in his own marriage is a real encouragement.
And so, while we falter at times, we make a great effort to make the time to pray together each night. To pray for each other. To pray for our marriage. To pray for our children. For their lives to be drawn to Christ and for their desire to be to live for Him.
As intentional as we try to be in all that we do we cannot carry our children’s faith and their relationship with God – and so we do what we can to woo and romance them. To be transparent and authentic with them in our own weaknesses and our own need for His grace.
To point our children to Christ in all things. The beauty of His world. The extravagance of His love and mercy. Our need for salvation through Him.
And then we pray for them.
And are so thankful for this incredible privilege of prayer – where we can petition for the lives of our children and for wisdom for ourselves as we venture through this wild thing called parenting.
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