Prayer for a Homeschool Mother

Lord God Almighty, I commit (homeschool mother) into your care and safekeeping. May your ministering angels watch over her. I place her hand in yours with the confidence that comes from knowing that you will take good care of your property.


You said, Lord, that you would be a wall of fire round about her, and that you will be the glory in the midst of her. Praise your name.


The angel of the Lord encamps around all those who fear you, and you deliver them. Assign a guardian angel to (homeschool mother), Lord, so that no evil will befall her. Protect her from the evil one.


I lift up (homeschool mother) to you and I ask you to watch over her like a mother hen watches over her chicks and a shepherd watches over his sheep. Teach (homeschool mother) that he who dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. You are her fortress. May she learn to trust in you implicitly.


Cover her with your feathers so that under your wings she will safely trust. Let your truth become her shield and buckler so that she will not be afraid for the terror by night nor the destructions that wastes at noonday.


Bless (homeschool mother) with a knowledge of your presence, Lord. Let (homeschool mother) know that when she calls upon you, you will answer her. You will be with her in trouble. You will deliver her and honor her. Satisfy her with long life and show her your salvation.


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Ten Commandments for Mothers

 

Thou shalt know that God selected these children for you, and you for them, for a special reason.

 

Thou shalt remember how to be a child again--laugh, play, sing, dance, pretend. 

Thou shalt not worry about messy faces and places. 

Thou shalt pray daily for patience, energy and strength. 

Thou shalt affirm thy children's feelings, but be firm with their behavior. 

Thou shalt instill in them respect for you, themselves and others.

Thou shalt give thy children roots -- grounding them in faith and tradition. 

Thou shalt give thy children wings -- teaching them how to fly on their own. 

Thou shalt show and tell them you love them every day. 

Thou shalt entrust them into the Father's hands.

A Time

Well, they were right. All of those middle-aged ladies who gazed at my newborn babies, smiling knowingly, and saying with one eyebrow gently raised, “Enjoy them, dear. They grow up fast.”

I remember returning a smile, but not a knowing one. Just a friendly “thanks for caring” kind of smile. After all, how could I know what they knew? How could I know that eighteen years truly would fly by like a short weekend? Still, I did sense that they were right, and I dreaded the time when I would be in their place, caressing the silky cheeks of some younger woman’s babies and saying the words that had been spoken to me.

Well, that time has come. Yes, those ladies were absolutely right. And, yes, I am now passing on that strange but true wisdom of time to young mothers. At least, that’s what I hear myself saying.

Still, in the echo of my own voice, I doubt my own words. How can it be true? How can our daughter be getting married in four months when I can still see her seated on our piano bench with her legs swinging freely a foot above the floor? How can she be setting up her own library when I can still see her sprawled across our couch reading the Pickwick Papers? How can our son be leaving for college when I’m sure I just saw him shooting hoops into a homemade indoor rim? How can I be watching him pack his shaving lotion when I can still smell baby lotion on his skin?

King Solomon said, “To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV This season feels a bit like winter right now, but I know that Solomon was right. Change isn’t easy, but I’m holding on to the Master of the seasons who has all of time secure in His hands.

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