Years ago....June 2012 to be exact.....while at the hospital bedside of my daughter, I cried "Heal her!" which was followed with as much conviction, "Thy will by done". And I meant it. The Holy Spirit equipped me to pray for God's will and not my own. The Holy Spirit equipped me to pray that whatever the outcome, he alone would be glorified.
Since that time, "thy will be done" isn't as easy to pray when going about my normal, everyday life. How was it that I was able to so easily submit the future to his hands when I was facing my hardest days. Not by my power but by His.
The past couple of weeks, as I prepared emotionally for the celebration of my youngest's 18th birthday, I've been revisiting this need to release my child into the hands of God. I've spent too many moments wondering if I've done my job in preparing my son for adulthood. I've spent too much time being anxious for his future, wanting to protect him from the choices and hard days that may lay ahead for him.
So yesterday, on the day of his 18th birthday, this song reminded me. Thy will be done. And as I listened, I prayed. I cried. I relinquished control. Thy will be done.
I can't make life easier for my children. I can't control the choices that they will make or the outcomes that will occur due to those choices.
I can however put them into the heavenly Father's hands. I can pray, Thy will be done. I can know that no matter what happens, God is good. All the time.
Holy Spirit, enable me to open my hands, releasing every little aspect of my life into the care of my heavenly Father. Enable me to pray sincerely, "thy will be done".
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The past couple of weeks, as I prepared emotionally for the celebration of my youngest's 18th birthday, I've been revisiting this need to release my child into the hands of God. I've spent too many moments wondering if I've done my job in preparing my son for adulthood. I've spent too much time being anxious for his future, wanting to protect him from the choices and hard days that may lay ahead for him.
So yesterday, on the day of his 18th birthday, this song reminded me. Thy will be done. And as I listened, I prayed. I cried. I relinquished control. Thy will be done.
I can't make life easier for my children. I can't control the choices that they will make or the outcomes that will occur due to those choices.
I can however put them into the heavenly Father's hands. I can pray, Thy will be done. I can know that no matter what happens, God is good. All the time.
Holy Spirit, enable me to open my hands, releasing every little aspect of my life into the care of my heavenly Father. Enable me to pray sincerely, "thy will be done".
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