Naturally a girl dd's age is anxious to find a mate. Many of us may have already been married before this age. She has an impulsive nature, which is obviously not always a good trait to have. Without giving too much detail, I will just say that a certain young man has captured her attention here at home. As this relationship has continued and gotten somewhat on the serious side, we have become concerned, because it appears this young man is not one who would be a strong spiritual leader. In fact, his priorities are primarily work and worldly pleasures. I know dd wants to serve the Lord and live a Godly Christian life, but this relationship has somewhat taken her focus from those spiritual goals in her life. She knows things aren't the way they should be with him spiritually, and she did mention to me recently that this time away will be a time of evaluation as far as he is concerned.
Please pray that our precious dd will have clear direction from the Lord about what His will is for her and that she will make the right decision concerning this relationship. She has so much potential in the Lord's service and we just don't want to see her make a decision that would limit what He could do with her. When dc become adults, we can only encourage them and trust they will make good decisions based on what they have been taught growing up.
As (human) parents, we look back and think about all the things we wish we would have done differently. I am very thankful that our 3 older children have the desire to serve the Lord, but I also know how the fleshly desires can take over and cloud a person's judgment. Satan wants our children, and we need to continually strive to teach them what is right from God's Word. God has blessed us by giving us another child to raise for His glory, and I can only keep saying over and over again how thankful I am to have HOD as a resource for training dd(7) in the way she should go. It's getting harder and harder to keep dc from the influences of this world. Even our churches are being infiltrated with Satan's worldly devices. Our government is trying to control our families. Children are controlling parents. Having raised three and now basically starting over, it is SO different. All I can say is that we, as parents, need to be committed to raising up a Godly generation, not compromising to fit in with this world. I know prayer is the most important part in this process and I am committing to be stronger in this area. An evangelist at our church recently said that committing to live our lives to the Lord and what He wants for us is all that matters. I wholeheartedly agree! We are in the midst of a materialistic and worldly minded society. We need to remember our purpose as the children of God and instill His purpose into our children if we desire to see them live out His will for their lives. Sorry this got lengthy, but I wanted to share my heart
Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
