PROMISE #24 ~ RAISE THEM FOR HIM, AND THEY WILL NOT TURN FROM HIM

When did it happen?

I remember turning around to a tiny toddler grabbing onto my sweats and pulling.

Big blue eyes, plump cheeks, perfect bow-shaped lips smiling up at me…

I remember the sleepless nights (actually, those have carried on for years, by no fault of his).

I remember the small basket of brand new baby toys, new cups, only one or two strollers parked in the garage.

I remember the way he touched my face as he nursed.

I remember him running down the sidewalk, mama chasing after him with baby sister jiggling along in the stroller.

I remember his itchy skin, victim to eczema and food allergies.

I remember the giggles, the shrieks, the temper tantrums of a little baby growing into a boy body.

When did it happen?

I look over and see a boy, whose height has grown to my chin.

I see a boy whose humor makes me laugh… really laugh.

I see a boy who snuggles little siblings.

I see a boy who races with a sister grown from the bouncing baby in the stroller.

I see a boy who chases and tackles and knows more about football stats than any adult I know.

I see a boy who reads novels, writes poetry, wrestles with daddy.

I see a boy who is adored by five younger than he.

I see a boy, whose eyes look at weary parents, and begins prayers for sleepy children.

I see a boy whose arms wrap around mama every morning.

I see this baby grown to boy… this boy growing toward manhood…

and I wonder…

When did this happen?

Kissing the top of the burrowing blonde head….

I cling just a little longer…

Happy birthday to my first-born… the small soul growing older, bigger… growing towards Him.

Branded to mama’s heart…

 

PROMISE #24 ~ Raise them for Him and when they grow they will not turn from Him.

 

Proverbs 22:6

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.