Today's blog is starting with prayer!
Dear God I pray for wisdom as we raise and train our boys to be men. I pray for the stamina to keep going when it gets tough. I pray for the right words to say so we do not wound their spirit, but help them to process and think about words they say and actions they ensue. I pray that with your strength we can teach them a great work ethic. I pray that they will not whine and complain at the thought of work so that they may become blameless and pure children of God! I pray they will work as if working for the Lord and not for men. I pray for their hearts to be full of joy. Dear God I pray they will learn how to love the unlovable and have grace and mercy on others and each other. I pray they will not look at the speck in their brothers eye and avoid the plank in their own eye. I pray they will learn how to be Godly men who are gentlemen that love their wives as Christ loves the church. I lift these boys of mine up to you Lord and I pray that they will love you will all of their heart soul and mind and love their neighbor as themselves. Lord please be with our family as one of our boys is 10 and is embarking on a prepubescent attitude. I pray that we enter and leave this stage with love and that the years are full of fun memories and joy in the midst of trial. Thank you for these boys of mine and I pray they will be men after your heart God. I pray they will understand what it means to be real men!
In Jesus name, Amen.
What does it mean to be a man??????
Today when I explained to the boys that daddy is training them to be men, Boo Boo pipes up and says, "I already know how to be a man!" Really Boo, what does being a real man look like? He replies with, "A real man fights and that's it!" He is only 7 and boy oh boy trust me we have some training to do, but we will not give up!
Today the boys were not thrilled to be cleaning up the yard after our dog and mowing the lawn. Dad had told them to be prepared, today is the day! It was fine until the neighbors were swimming and invited them over for a dunk in the pool and they could not go. Then it started! "We always have to work while everyone else gets to have fun!" Keep it comin' boys, lets see what ya got! Tough Guy, who is close to the middle school age was giving it his all. Tommy and I are pretty sure being a lawyer could be in his future. He can argue with a tree stump. He is "half man" in his own words. He is at the age of having more responsibility and privileges, but at the same time still very much a child. He is at an age where he desires going to college and being a "man," but loves playing legos, spy gear and cars.
Tonight we played Skip-Bo as a family and Tough Guy was laughing so hard. It was great to see a smile because smiles are getting harder to come by. I never thought this would happen, but right before my eyes he is trying to become a man. Why does it take going through these roller coaster emotions to become an adult?
The great thing about Tough Guy is he has a sensitive heart filled with compassion and empathy. He can be reasoned with. He has so much love in his heart and he loves serving. He is an amazing child and I know God has something so wonderful for his future!
I love my boys with all of my heart and I am so thankful that God allowed me to be their mom.
When I stop to think about my husbands role with our boys he has a BIG job. He has the job of teaching, training, loving, showing empathy, compassion, a lot of grace and mercy, letting them know it is okay to fail and get back up and try again. They need to know how to make decisions for the benefit of their family. These are very important, but another thing my husband can give the boys that I cannot do so well at is wrestling. Boys have energy and they need to release it. My boys love to wrestle with dad! Sometimes I have to go into another room just so I can think, but they need that physical time with their dad. Although it is also important that they have a mom to snuggle with and kiss their boo boo's, and believe me there are plenty of boo boo's. Boys need to see how daddy treats and loves mommy, along with mom showing dad respect. We model the foundation that these future leaders are studying.
I heard a father at a soccer game last week yelling at his son and very firmly saying, "Get off of me! Are you trying to make me mad!" I wanted to cry as this child was just wanting to have some love and attention from a man that is supposed to love him the most. My heart still aches for that child because the breakdown of the family and lack of love and guidance is why our world is the way it is. Men who are still boys on the inside are crying out. They were not taught how to love others, they were not taught how to be husbands and fathers and generation after generation is being affected.
I pray that when it is time for my boys to enter the world of "adult" that they know who they are in Christ and what their role as a man is. Men are created to "fight" as Boo Boo said. They are protectors, hunters, and gatherers, but they also need to know how to show love and respect to the world around them.
They need to be taught how to be Godly husbands and fathers!
Dear God I pray for wisdom as we raise and train our boys to be men. I pray for the stamina to keep going when it gets tough. I pray for the right words to say so we do not wound their spirit, but help them to process and think about words they say and actions they ensue. I pray that with your strength we can teach them a great work ethic. I pray that they will not whine and complain at the thought of work so that they may become blameless and pure children of God! I pray they will work as if working for the Lord and not for men. I pray for their hearts to be full of joy. Dear God I pray they will learn how to love the unlovable and have grace and mercy on others and each other. I pray they will not look at the speck in their brothers eye and avoid the plank in their own eye. I pray they will learn how to be Godly men who are gentlemen that love their wives as Christ loves the church. I lift these boys of mine up to you Lord and I pray that they will love you will all of their heart soul and mind and love their neighbor as themselves. Lord please be with our family as one of our boys is 10 and is embarking on a prepubescent attitude. I pray that we enter and leave this stage with love and that the years are full of fun memories and joy in the midst of trial. Thank you for these boys of mine and I pray they will be men after your heart God. I pray they will understand what it means to be real men!
In Jesus name, Amen.
What does it mean to be a man??????
Today when I explained to the boys that daddy is training them to be men, Boo Boo pipes up and says, "I already know how to be a man!" Really Boo, what does being a real man look like? He replies with, "A real man fights and that's it!" He is only 7 and boy oh boy trust me we have some training to do, but we will not give up!
Today the boys were not thrilled to be cleaning up the yard after our dog and mowing the lawn. Dad had told them to be prepared, today is the day! It was fine until the neighbors were swimming and invited them over for a dunk in the pool and they could not go. Then it started! "We always have to work while everyone else gets to have fun!" Keep it comin' boys, lets see what ya got! Tough Guy, who is close to the middle school age was giving it his all. Tommy and I are pretty sure being a lawyer could be in his future. He can argue with a tree stump. He is "half man" in his own words. He is at the age of having more responsibility and privileges, but at the same time still very much a child. He is at an age where he desires going to college and being a "man," but loves playing legos, spy gear and cars.
Tonight we played Skip-Bo as a family and Tough Guy was laughing so hard. It was great to see a smile because smiles are getting harder to come by. I never thought this would happen, but right before my eyes he is trying to become a man. Why does it take going through these roller coaster emotions to become an adult?
The great thing about Tough Guy is he has a sensitive heart filled with compassion and empathy. He can be reasoned with. He has so much love in his heart and he loves serving. He is an amazing child and I know God has something so wonderful for his future!
I love my boys with all of my heart and I am so thankful that God allowed me to be their mom.
When I stop to think about my husbands role with our boys he has a BIG job. He has the job of teaching, training, loving, showing empathy, compassion, a lot of grace and mercy, letting them know it is okay to fail and get back up and try again. They need to know how to make decisions for the benefit of their family. These are very important, but another thing my husband can give the boys that I cannot do so well at is wrestling. Boys have energy and they need to release it. My boys love to wrestle with dad! Sometimes I have to go into another room just so I can think, but they need that physical time with their dad. Although it is also important that they have a mom to snuggle with and kiss their boo boo's, and believe me there are plenty of boo boo's. Boys need to see how daddy treats and loves mommy, along with mom showing dad respect. We model the foundation that these future leaders are studying.
I heard a father at a soccer game last week yelling at his son and very firmly saying, "Get off of me! Are you trying to make me mad!" I wanted to cry as this child was just wanting to have some love and attention from a man that is supposed to love him the most. My heart still aches for that child because the breakdown of the family and lack of love and guidance is why our world is the way it is. Men who are still boys on the inside are crying out. They were not taught how to love others, they were not taught how to be husbands and fathers and generation after generation is being affected.
I pray that when it is time for my boys to enter the world of "adult" that they know who they are in Christ and what their role as a man is. Men are created to "fight" as Boo Boo said. They are protectors, hunters, and gatherers, but they also need to know how to show love and respect to the world around them.
They need to be taught how to be Godly husbands and fathers!
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