I'm really thankful right now for something the Lord began to show me some time ago. And that's just the way of the Lord. He's tender to our hearts even before we know we need his tenderness. He often teaches me things or prepares me in ways I couldn't conjure to know I need preparing.
The comfort I'm finding right now is in knowing that I am not my childrens filter.
I want desperately to guard their ears. Their minds. Their eyes. Their bodies.
If it were up to me, they would not be apart of anything that wasn't true or noble or right or pure or lovely or excellent or praiseworthy or... well, you get it. I would shelter them in a bubble.
But I can't.
And I don't.
It's impossible.
And even if I tried, I would fail.
Because of that, I find comfort in knowing that I don't have to be the filter through which everything is censored when it comes to my children. I can trust the Lord for that. He is the one who created their eyes, minds, bodies, ears and all of those sweet little things that I want to protect. And heaven knows that he wants them guarded.
So as I release my eldest into the big, open sea that is kindergarten, I find myself falling onto the soft sand that is Jesus. I trust the Lord with Noah. After all, He made him. And I can trust that though friends may not prove to be friends, and inappropriate phrases will be said, and other children won't treat their siblings with the love that we expect in our home, and the voice of the world will become even louder around Noah... that the Lord can filter what he hears, feels, understands, and sees. He is a better filter than I could ever be, even on my most protective days.
My prayers have turned to sound like this, "Lord, guard my children's eyes and minds and bodies and hearts and emotions. Don't let them hear what is being said. Let them hear you. Keep their eyes from noticing things aside from your splendor...."
And as we do walk this road, we will have even more chances to talk with our children about our need for a Savior. Because if there is only one thing that my children should see, it isn't that they are designed for perfection or goodness... they are designed to need a Rescuer. A Savior. And they are learning that our Savior isn't an idea or a theory. He is an intimate knitter. And a great filter!
5 comments:
Amen! What a wonderful reminder! He is the ultimate filter! Love and miss you Ash!
I love that you put this into such beautiful words. I pray this for my girls all the time. But then I worry that I need to sensor everything in their lives, like I'm not doing my job at being a "good" mom if they see or hear, etc. anything ungodly. What a fabulous perspective. He is the ultimate filter!
Perfect post for our household, too. You know how much we debated between public and private school for our little kindergartner. This is exactly what the Lord revealed to us. Thanks for sharing your heart! :)
I so needed to read this! I am always trying to filter things for my son but I just have to realize that he's going to see, hear, feel, etc. things that I never would wish for him but I can't stop them all from happening no matter how hard I try. I just have to trust that the Lord will still be there to tell him what is right and what is wrong and he will chose to follow the Lord! Thank you thank you!
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