Children

I worry about my children constantly. The world they live in now is a difficult one for them. There are so many temptations and they have access to so much that could have such a devastating effect on them.

School is a very difficult environment, more for some children than for others and with social media, they can’t escape from a constant deluge of comments and the need to keep up with their peer group. Fortunately, my children are now 26 and 23 and the social media onslaught hadn’t started at an early age for them.

I wasn’t happy at school and not everyone is but at least when I left every day and at weekends and holidays I could shut myself away from that world and feel happier. I don’t know how I would have coped if there was no psychological escape.

I raise this because I started praying for my children every day from an early age. I placed them in God’s protection and loving care and asked him to look after them and help me to bring them up in the right way. I also belong to a Mothers Prayers Group (you can find this organisation on the internet: mothersprayers.org) and this is a worldwide organisation with groups in every country. We pray together for our children to reinforce those prayers and talk about our worries together. Sharing does help.

Our children need our prayers more than ever and I pray that you too find comfort and reassurance in praying for them and placing them in God’s loving hands. It’s never too late to start.

God bless,

Matthew 19:14

Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’

Jeremiah 31:16,17

‘Stop your crying and wipe away your tears. 

All that you have done for your children will not go unrewarded. 

They will return from the enemy’s land. 

There is hope for your future. 

Your children will come back home. 

I, the Lord, have spoken’.