funkmomma71 wrote:what a wonderful accomplishment to have a child who loves the Lord with all his heart. I have step-daughters who my husband I have tried for years to reach with the message of Jesus, to no avail. It gives me such hope to hear of mom's who have reared their children with the Lord and fruit of such an upbringing. Your posts are a blessing to me.
Thank you so much! I am enjoying your posts. (warm sincere mile) You are full of encouragement and excitement! It's fun walking this road together
I just wanted to say that I am a big believer that it was nothing my husband and I did that had Brandon accept Jesus and desire a relationship with him. I sincerely mean that. I could sit here and fill ten pages with the mistakes we made, things I
wish we had done
differently, things I
still wish we were doing differently.
I have friends who have done, what I consider, a much better job than I. These women have often mentored me in my walk with the Lord who have children that have rebelled from God. It comes down to the fact that I can
not raise up and train salvation into my children's hearts. None of us can. We can point to the gift, we can model the lifestyle, we can pray for them, we can live a life pleasing to the Lord,
but because of FREE WILL they have to walk over and unwrap the gift and receive it and we can't make them do that.
I hope this encourages you. It's never too late and at the end of the day we can't take credit when they choose salvation and we can't assume blame when they don't.
I attend Calvary Chapel Church. It is not your typical body. It was founded in the late 60's with a heart for hippies. It's not better or worse than any other church. But it's my home and I believe God plants each family to be in the enviorment that will work out best for them the purpose God has in
their life. At our Calvary we have homeschooling families, dresses only, quiverfull, good people who don't know Jesus, (yet) homeless, drug addicts, prostitutes, you name it. You will see those dressed up and other in jeans and flip flops. It warms my heart when I look around during worship and see the body of Christ.
I am sharing this because I see many of those that others would have probably thought there was NO hope for, go up and give their life to Jesus. I cry every single time. As I watch them pray with a prayer counselor I can't help but think and wonder if they had a family member who prayed for them and had felt discouraged? I share this to say that it's never too late and I know you know that. Had you known me as a teen you would have kept your children from me. But God in his goodness called me out of the darkness and into His marvelous light when I was 19 years old.
However, when it's the people we love it can never happen fast enough. Your step daughters don't know Jesus
yet, but I pray this morning that God would work out a situation that would put them in a place with a believer that CAN reach their hearts. I pray for you and your husband that God would give you His deep and abiding peace as you wait to watch him work it out.
"I will make a pathway through the wildness for my people to come home" Isaiah 43:19b