My children are the greatest gifts. When they were growing up, I watched over their

every move. I was a working stay at home mom and had the privilege of being there

every waking moment. Every booboo, every tear got a mommy kiss. All the crazy

moments of laughter, I got to be there. I was there at the end of the day when Hank would

walk in the door, ready to pull my hair out! I wouldn’t trade those days for anything.

As I walk through this part of life now, I have regrets that I didn’t have a personal

relationship with Jesus like I have now. To have been faithfully praying for my boys

would have been amazing. Despite this, I know in my heart that they have been trained

up right.

There is a season of my life I am not proud of at all. As a mom I hurt my children in the

worst way a mother could. I have been through the worst amount of guilt and shame. I

have asked them to forgive me and they have done so. After being someone who could

hurt their husband and their children that they professed to love so much, well let’s just

say I can’t imagine not fighting for this family.

Since 2012 I have been walking with God daily, renewing my commitments and

relationship with Him. My passion has been sparked for families. The enemy is out to

kill, steal and destroy the family unit. What are you doing to fight on the front lines for

them? We are on the battle grounds of spiritual warfare. Our duties as parents are to teach

our children the best things in life, the Word, the love of Jesus. We as parents are to bless

our children not discourage them. We sow into our children and watch them grow into

successful adults.

Are there children that stray onto paths that are difficult? Yes, but as the Word says,

Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life. Prov

22:6

We trust the wisdom of God and have faith that they will come back to the training in

their lives.

My hearts desire is to see and teach parents, especially women, to fight for our children.

We need to be prepared for the spiritual battle that is happening in their lives right now.

The pressures our children and young adults are facing are frightful. The realities of

social media are heightening beyond measure. We look around and see our young people

(and older) buried in their phones. What example are we? We need to be communicating

with people. We need face to face communication. We need to get back to family dinners

where NO phones allowed. We need to be involved in their lives, expressing interest.

Our children need our unconditional love just as our Father loves us. When they do

wrong, we love them. Unconditionally!

We as parents need to fight the spiritual fight!! If we are not praying on our knees for our

children, then who is covering them?