A Praying Parent. . .
I came upon this verse today from Lamentations 2:19 "Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children." and I found myself thinking of a couple I know who at this moment I am sure are doing just this---pouring their heart out before God in search of comfort and mercy as they say good-bye to their son.
Their oldest child their son left today for Afghanistan and last week they had a scare with their daughter who seems to have a heart arrhythmia and so the past two weeks have been difficult for them to say the least. Even though their children are no longer young the principle still applies and because of who this couple is I know that they don't need to be told to pray over their children since prayer colors every fabric of their life.
They are prayer warriors and take everything to Jesus in prayer; when they are angry they pray, when they are stressed with business they pour it before God, when they are sad they let their tears flow before Jesus, and when they are full of joy they praise God and sing in worship. Their lives are characterized by prayer and it has made them who they are and I stand in awe of them.
It is this that has made them strong and able to deal with the sacrifice they face now as they say good-bye to their son. It is this heart for God that has helped them face countless trials and stressors and still find joy in each and every day. It is this life commitment to prayer that enables them to be warriors for the Kingdom that is to come and has made them the extra-ordinary people they are. It is this that gives them courage in the face of this new danger to their child(something I could not even imagine), it is this that gives them hope in light of the struggle their daughter faces and it is this that shows me how powerful a praying parent is.
Their children carry the imprint of caring parents that have prayed over them their entire life. Their children are caring, joyful young people involved in Church, and one now one serving his country in such a sacrificial way. I see in their children and other young people whose parents have taken the time and made the commitment to pray over their children and seeing the effects trying myself to much more faithful in my prayers for my children.
Gil and I feel blessed that we know couples like this that can mentor us, in all truthfulness we feel blessed just to know this couple because of how wonderful they are as people and the inspiration their family is to us. We now also have the blessing that they have adopted our children into their hearts and I know they now pray for our children as well as their own and so I want to say to them, "we also have your children in our prayers, especially Jonathan at this time." We love you guys.
Their oldest child their son left today for Afghanistan and last week they had a scare with their daughter who seems to have a heart arrhythmia and so the past two weeks have been difficult for them to say the least. Even though their children are no longer young the principle still applies and because of who this couple is I know that they don't need to be told to pray over their children since prayer colors every fabric of their life.
They are prayer warriors and take everything to Jesus in prayer; when they are angry they pray, when they are stressed with business they pour it before God, when they are sad they let their tears flow before Jesus, and when they are full of joy they praise God and sing in worship. Their lives are characterized by prayer and it has made them who they are and I stand in awe of them.
It is this that has made them strong and able to deal with the sacrifice they face now as they say good-bye to their son. It is this heart for God that has helped them face countless trials and stressors and still find joy in each and every day. It is this life commitment to prayer that enables them to be warriors for the Kingdom that is to come and has made them the extra-ordinary people they are. It is this that gives them courage in the face of this new danger to their child(something I could not even imagine), it is this that gives them hope in light of the struggle their daughter faces and it is this that shows me how powerful a praying parent is.
Their children carry the imprint of caring parents that have prayed over them their entire life. Their children are caring, joyful young people involved in Church, and one now one serving his country in such a sacrificial way. I see in their children and other young people whose parents have taken the time and made the commitment to pray over their children and seeing the effects trying myself to much more faithful in my prayers for my children.
Gil and I feel blessed that we know couples like this that can mentor us, in all truthfulness we feel blessed just to know this couple because of how wonderful they are as people and the inspiration their family is to us. We now also have the blessing that they have adopted our children into their hearts and I know they now pray for our children as well as their own and so I want to say to them, "we also have your children in our prayers, especially Jonathan at this time." We love you guys.
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