Stay the Course

 Alyssa helping build her dresser...2010

"But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded."  2 Chronicles 15:7

Some days it's easy to want to give-up.  Tasks get too hard and quitting crosses our mind.  Relationships get too messy and we think about running the other way.  We get tired, feel unappreciated, or get overwhelmed and giving up seems the to be the easy way out. 

I'm praying today for our children's tenacity, stick-to-it-iveness, and diligence, at whatever it is they do in their lives...marriage, school-work, friendships, ministries, and jobs.  Some days it will be hard, but we have a God who will be walking right beside them.  With Him all things are possible!

Stay the course, dear ones.

Lord, you have wonderful things planned for our children's lives...wonderful spouses, tremendous ministries, and other things we can only imagine.  As a mother, I look forward to watching your plan unfold in their lives.  I believe you will be present with them day by day, orchestrating every detail.  Lord, I pray that as they know they are following your plan for their lives, that they will never give up, they will choose to work hard, and they will look to you when things get hard.  Instill in our children the desire to work hard, and do the best jobs that they can in every area of their lives.  Give them the strength to do everything you've called them to do.  Help them to fix their eyes on you, dear Jesus, all the days of their lives.