Each of us go through various stages in our lives. Whether we like it or not, there will always be a new adventure around the next bend. Our daughter will be facing a new beginning of her own, as she will be going off to college in a year. This is our first baby leaving the nest and a new experience for this mama. God continually places things on my heart concerning my children, one of which is being able to give them wings to fly.
Being someone who likes to control a situation, I would love to control what the future brings, sadly I can not, none of us can. The Lord’s word states that there is a time for everything in life.
“There is a time B)’>3 a time to kill D)’> and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.” Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
God has been teaching this mom that I need to make the most of every time I spend with my daughter and son, because all to soon, they will be on their own. As a cancer survivor, with an uncertain future, this fact hits all the more closer to home. I need to capture each moment as if I were reaching for the golden ring on the carousel, and never let go. I need to make sure that my children have Christ so deeply dwelling in their hearts, so they can have a strong Christian foundation for their futures. My days, hours, and minutes need to be intentionally lived, so that my legacy will be strong. This is described in Deuteronomy 6:7
“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
As I move forward, seizing the time God has given me, I have also been accepting His grace to work on letting go. As I write this, tears well in my eyes, and I lean on His strength to move forward.
I challenge you dear friends to look towards the future and live your life with purpose, because before you know it, the future will be today. How can you live your life to maximize the moments you have with your children? What has God been teaching you as you prepare your children for their own future and as you work on giving them wings to fly?
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Shari,
What a beautiful post. As you, my eyes filled with tears reading your thought provoking words. There are so many times I would love to go back and relive with my children! It’s not necessarily because I did it ‘wrong’ or anything, but simply because I would like to drill it even deeper into my memory! I miss the times when they were little and depended on me for everything! All that said…I love having my beautiful adult children as friends, too.
It’s really too bad that we ‘live’ so fast through these precious years.
Have a great day, Shari! God bless.
The time does pass more quickly than we realize! Looking back, I think patience is one of the biggest lessons. To continue to teach them right from wrong, good from evil, and how important it is to do the right thing, especially when it’s not the easy choice.
There are lots of days we would despair of them learning those lessons. Now they are adults, it is very clear they heard us those million times. 🙂
It is hard to watch them grow and graduate and become adults, but it is so satisfying to become friends with them at that point.
I had such a hard time letting go when my daughter left for college. And now, my son is trying to find his way, but is struggling. Only in knowing that their Father loves them more (and better) than I possibly could, can I find peace.
Thank you for this. Yes, it’s so important that we invest in what really matters–people for the sake of Christ. Great post!
I needed to hear this. It is so hard to not be able to control their every move as they grow up and enter new stages of life. But I can always trust that God is with them.
Great post Shari
God bless
Tracy
Ah, yes.
You remind me of the words of a blind Scottish minister who saw better than most of us, George Matheson:
It is not to get rid of home He would teach thee to fly.
It is that thou mayst learn by travel that thy home is wider than thy nest.
Blessings on this time of learning to fly . . . both your daughter and you.
I have two grown children and a son in law!! Being a mom through all the seasons of their lives is a wonderful blessing in my life. As heartbreaking as some seasons can be- letting them go and “giving them wings to fly” it is also so rewarding and beautiful. Nothing fills a mother’s heart with more joy than to see her children serve the Lord and fulfill their life’s purpose as adults! Blessings 🙂
With our oldest three grown and married, this mama knows just what you’re saying here! And now that my youngest two are 13 & 11, I’m feeling the pinch even more of how quickly the time goes by! Wise words you’ve shared here! Ladies, we’ve got to make the most of the moments the Lord has given us with the sweet children (and others!) He’s blessed us with. 🙂 Blessings, ~Lisa
PS: Thanks for visiting my blog, Shari, and for leaving such sweet comments! Always such a blessing to have visitors. 🙂