Dear Lord,
Today, and each day this year, let your love shine through my kids in school.
Please help my daughter bring glory to You with her words. Help her stand up to the social difficulties that girls her age go through. Help her resist the natural tendency to gossip and be unkind that I know begins at this age. Help her bring glory to You by showing love and kindness to all of the children she encounters regardless of their social abilities. Please bless her with the confidence to know that her self-worth comes from being Your child, not from involvement, or lack there of, in a particular social circle.
Help my son bring you Glory through his ability to get along with most anyone. Help him glorify You by having self-control, something that can be a struggle for him! Give him the boldness to talk about church and you God. At his young age he doesn't yet worry much what other people think, so this is such a good time for him begin the habit of proclaiming his belief and love for You.
Guide my interactions with others at my kids school. Please help me radiate your love to my kids teachers, their classmates, and other parents. Give me divine appointments with others and the courage to glorify You by actually having the boldness to use those appointments to proclaim my desire to live my life to glorify You.
Thank you God that you have drawn our family to You Lord and help us reflect your Glory so when others look at our kids and family they see You. Amen.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do (like going/sending your kids to public school) , do it all for the glory of God. (yes- I added the italics- that is not in the original text- in the interest of full disclosure :) )
3 comments:
Great post! Do you guys pray as a family as well regarding school? I'd love to hear the teachable moments about faith and interactions at public school this year.
Oh I'd love to hear what the commenter above asked as well.
I too pray for my children that their hearts be closed tight for the evil and open wide for the good!
I've been looking for Christian mom bloggers in the public schools. I was so glad to find your site. I'm a former homeschool mom of three and it has been harder to find a support network now that we have transitioned into the public schools than it was when I started homeschooling! It looks like you have not blogged for a while here. Is this blog still active?
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