Philippians 4:7 (NLT) 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
This morning, while getting ready for work, my younger two alerted me to the fact that my oldest was crying. As soon as they told me, in my heart, I already knew what she was crying about, but just wasn't sure of the details. So I opened the door to find her crying to the point of having trouble breathing. I sat on her bed beside her and asked her what was wrong. At first she didn't want to talk about it, so I just sat there rubbing her back until she was ready. She finally sat up and said that she had a dream.
In her dream she was sitting in her room and suddenly her door opened and it was Richard. He came running into the room, hugged her and told her he was all better. She said "Mom, I was so happy and it felt so good! It was so real, it felt so real….then I woke up and realized that it was just a dream." So at this point, I'm praying in my head that God would bless me with the right words to comfort my daughter. I begun by saying that I know sometimes these sound like mere words of no help or comfort, but God sees things that we can't. He really does no what is best even when it doesn't seem fair or even close to being right to us.
Then I remembered what my husband told me about a time when he saw Richard, when God gave him some peace. When he got there his mother answered the door and Richard was squirming on the couch, so she asked him what he was doing. He replied I want my daddy, I want my daddy. Brian said while it hurt to see his son's physical condition the way that it was, it brought him joy to know that his boy was still in there. He thought to himself, the enemy can do whatever he wants to the physical but his spirit is still there. God is holding his spirit and that is the most important thing. Her brother's fiery, loving and fun self is still there no matter how hard the enemy tries to mask it.
2 Thessalonians 3:5 (NLT) 5 May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
I reminded her that no one is in control, but God and we can pray that He helps to give us peace in that. She calmed down and seemed to take some comfort in my words or more importantly God's words. I gave her a hug and told her I loved her as I left her room. You know…I really have a peace about my talk with my daughter. This time in our lives is truly one of the hardest things we have ever had to deal with, but knowing that God is the head of our lives and that He is in control somehow just makes it better.
I feel extremely blessed to have a God that loves my children so much that He comforts them at their weakest times. Blessed to have been allowed to be their mother and that they see and know Him through me. I truly don't take this lightly and pray that I am always who and what they need in a mother. I pray that God will guide my every step and help me guide them to live a life for Him. To help them understand that no matter what they are going through He is always there for them and loves them better than they ever could themselves.
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