Today is the last day of school for Derek and Lukas. I'm just amazed at how quickly time is flying right past. Derek will be in 4th grade next year and Lukas will be in 2nd. They've both grown a lot over the year and they are looking so HUGE! I can imagine far enough down the road to the day they will tower over me. At the rate we're going, it's not far off!
These guys have their moments of not seeing eye to eye, or getting on one another's nerves. They also are GREAT buddies. They really both have such kind hearts. I feel so blessed to get to watch God growing them into young men of faith. Derek's prayers can make the hair on my body stand up straight. Lukas leaves notes around the house that bring tears to my eyes every time.
As they're getting older and gradually they are gaining more and more responsibility for their lives, I feel less and less able to protect them. I feel a bigger and bigger sense of urgency for bold prayers on their behalf. I know that the only One who can offer any real protection to them is God. In reality, I can't protect them from this world. I would leap tall buildings and climb high mountains if I needed to. But the bottom line is that the protection I want for them and the protection they need isn't physical. So I carry on as Mom, prayer warrior.
Endings and beginnings, they always make me sentimental and reflective.
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