I just got back from the doctor’s office with two of my kids who were thankfully, just diagnosed with a virus but this has not been the case for us over the last 5 months. Someone in our family has been sick and/or on a medication since January . . . yes, I said January! Now I know to some reading this you just don’t care or you’re saying “and your point! My kids are always sick!” but that’s just not the case with us. Our kids have always been healthy. Really, we’ve been very blessed to have 3 incredibly healthy kids & I do not take that for granted. My biggest predicament in all of this is that I couldn't figure out why these illnesses are happening now. And today, I think I might have figured it out. We are at a pivotal marker along our family’s journey. Without going into great detail, we have felt the movement of the Spirit in our lives very evidently since . . . well ... January. Coincidence? I think not!
Today, I figured out that my weakest links are my children.
In the spiritual sense, I can deal with financial woes, selfish people, close minds, arrogance, etc . . . I try to be “bigger” than that.
But what I can’t deal with is the possibility of my children being “used” to hinder our family’s story. And I feel that is exactly what the enemy has figured out!
He has figured out that when my kids are sick, I think of no one else. He has figured out that when my kids are sick, I lose community. He has figured out that when my kids are sick, my house is a disaster & that causes me to be unkind to my husband & my other kids. But the worst of all to me is that he has figured out that when my kids are sick, I look for every possible reason as to why they are sick, instead of asking Jesus, the Almighty Healer, to make them well!! So today, enemy, I have found you out! I have discovered one of your many tricks to discourage me from being the woman, wife & mother I am to be. From today on, I will pray for my children’s health & vitality. I will pray that my God, who has the power to heal all, will constantly protect their little bodies & minds from you. I will pray that our family will have the courage & resilience to continue along our journey, because our story is far from over!
