Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
To all of the mommies and daddies in the world, there will be a day that our sweet adorable children will grow up to be smartmouthed, know-it-all teenagers and well rounded adults...who will(& I promise you) say these words, "I wish I would have listened to my mom/dad."
I have been going back and forth with how I'm feeling about my eldest flying the coop. lol He has sho' nuff taught me how to pray for hours, cry at the drop of a dime, resight Prov. 22:6 & Epheshian 6: 1-3 while whipping his behind, and rejoice for every accomplishment that makes a mom proud or when he makes grown up decisions that will change his life forever(for the good).He's mine and I wouldn't trade him for the world....From a boy to a man.....
I am going to let you guys into my letter to my eldest:
Dear Chris, when I first laid eyes on you, I fell in love with you! I can honestly say that you were the very first that I'd ever said that I would give my life for. Watching you grow up has brought pain, shame, and pride. Pain....because I knew one day you would no longer need your mom to make decisions, tuck you in, kiss your booboos or cuddle you in my arms for comfort. (tears...because I will always hope that I will always be needed) Shame...because when you came into who you really were, you would say whatever and ask some questions of adults that made us all uncomfortable....also when you would do things against all your Spiritual Upbringing.(tears..because I know that all you have gone through has played a major role in who you have become today) Pride(joy)...because you have overcome so many things that were said that you wouldn't, you have a giving heart, you love your family and GOD, you have a "go get it" spirit, you can find a joke in the worst situations, and you are responsible. (tears..you have done somethings that I was too scared to do, until you said I could...you have shown me that I have instilled in you that you can do all things through CHRIST which strengthens you...YOU ARE MY SON!!) Chris, GOD has given you me temporarily and I pray that I have given you some nuggets that will cause you to live life to the fulliest with HIM in front, beside and behind you. Remember the scripture that has seen you through so many tough issues...Psalm 100! I love you with all that is within me! I'm never too far that you can call and I will come running. From a rough little boy to a wise, gentle, and strongwilled young man...Chris Harper, you have become the young man that I've prayed for and will always pray that you will prosper in all your ways.
My first born is now a man. He is living home to join the Navy. I will miss him, but I know he has made this decision based on him knowing that he needs discipline and focus on achieving a career that will fulfill him not just for today, but for his future. I see him finding many blessings from the decision he has made. When he comes back, he will no longer be the boy I tried to shield from the world, but he will be the man that GOD had tucked in him all along. Giving GOD the glory because I trained him up in HIS WORD and that, that very WORD will become alive to him one day soon.
......from a boy to a man!!!
a piece of a momma's heart
