The excerpt below was extracted with permission from Elyse Fitzpatrick’s book Sem Fear of My Age, Faithful Editor.
Don’t try to do God’s work, don’t try to do your children’s work, remember that God is totally sovereign (Philippians 1:29). God opens and closes hearts (1R 8. 58; Ez 36. 26; Acts 16. 4) and does what he wants (Ps 135. 6; Jr 10. 23). Only the Holy Spirit can bestow the gift of true faith on your children, whether they are children or adults. My husband often prayed, “Lord, forgive me for trying to play the role of the Holy Spirit in my son’s heart. ” The good father or mother does not establish true faith in Christ in the hearts of our sons and daughters, but it is difficult to learn such a simple truth. Remember that God does not have grandchildren.
- Our job is to pray a lot and trust in God in terms of results.
- I discovered that praying in faith is much harder than circulating?Things for our children.
- Mothers tend to want to solve our children’s problems.
- Don’t we?From BandAid in the bloodied knee to the task we must remind them to do.
- We believe that if they face a crisis.
- We must rescue them immediately.
For some people, the prayer should be, “Lord, can my confidence be enough for me to withdraw my hands and my son learn to do this without me?”We don’t help our children when we do what they can do. makes them dependent on us. Our job is to point to Christ and help in an age-appropriate way. Just as it is possible to water too much a plant, it is possible to have an excess of maternal zeal for our children.
As a biblical counselor, I have seen many mothers of adult children who seem determined to make sure their loved ones are well fed, warm, clean, and socially acceptable.
They seem unable to let go. His whole identity revolves around his children; That’s the purpose of their lives. These mothers need their children to need them, and sometimes they turn their children’s love or success into idols. Is this what the world calls facilitation? and “co-dependency,” but I think a better term would be ‘coidol-tyle’. The good news of identifying an attitude as a sinner, when it is truly a sin, is that sin is something we can repent of and be forgiven of. Praise God for his boundless grace!
Fearless of My Age was written for women in the middle of their lives. As we age, we wonder about the many changes that are happening in our bodies, our homes, and our pace of life. How do I make the necessary adjustments?How to manage menopause, empty nest and time off for retirement?Elyse Fitzpatrick shows us how our faith can be fundamental to responding to all these changes.
With humor, transparency, and biblical wisdom, it helps us see that God’s plan in guiding us through these changes is to sanctify and glorify ourselves.
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By: Elyse Fitzpatrick. © Loyal Ministry. Website: ministeriofiel. com. br Extract with permission. Source: Excerpt from the book: I’m not afraid of my age.
Original: Mother, trust fully in what God can do. © Return to the Gospel. Website: voltemosaoevangelho. com All rights are reserved.