11/05/2024
From a Godly friend:
Local Christian Mamas, have a virtual seat with me for a second ❤️ Can I share my heart for a minute? Me with my messy hair, make up free face, and leaf covered porch (ahem: not so polished and perfect 😘).
There is A LOT swirling today and I want to encourage you to BREATH. Jesus is still on the throne and unless you allow it to do so, the public school system does not create the culture of your child’s life….. YOU DO.
Now, hear me: I am not on board AT ALL with my child being influenced by anything that bears the name “satanic” (no matter what they claim the goal to be). But hear me louder: the biggest influence in your child’s life is what happens IN YOUR HOME.
If your heart is troubled and you are alarmed at the “local viral news” - good! We should be bothered when evil attempts to influence our children. (See the comments if you don’t know what I’m talking about)
BUT ALSO! Take a minute to really examine the influences in your child’s life. What happens in your home MATTERS. How and what you pour into you children matters. How and what you ALLOW to be poured into your children matters.
There are many things we do not allow in our home or in the lives of our children. But those things feel small compared to what we DO pour in. Every single day, my husband and I are PRESENT with our children. (and y’all, Jeremy Burden 100% leads the way in this because as much as it might ruffle cultural feathers…. a fathers role in the home carries more weight than we can imagine)
We play, we talk, we eat family dinner together at the table (and TRUST: I know how hard that can be - but it’s worth it so we make it happen), and we 100% live our faith in Jesus out loud. Our kids hear us and watch us wrestle through hard things as we work out the Biblical and Godly approach to so many things in this world. They see us NOT doing/watching/ participating in so many culturally popular things because it does not line up with Scripture. They hear us apologize, ask for forgiveness and truly seek to run after Jesus and His Kingdom in all we do.
The influence of those things along with the absence of many other things is what influences and creates the culture of their life.
So am I happy with today’s news? NO
But am I scared for the influence on my own children? Also no.
My encouragement to you today is to evaluate the culture of your home. If someone were to take a snap shot of what is allowed in your home, what your children see and hear from you, and the culture created in their little lives: is it what you WANT influencing them?
We can all grow in this area and this is where the Christian parents have to rise up and level up. The call for discipleship starts in our HOME. When our kids are solid in their own walk with Christ - they become the influence in their circles outside of their home - not the other way around ❤️
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk 😂
