08/28/2025
Disciple your children.
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐
Today, another unthinkable event happened. A good friend and fellow momma texted me, heartbroken and shaken, local to what unfolded. I turned on the news and watched as first responders consoled sobbing mothers, desperate to lay their hands on their sweet little angels one more time. I never wanted to hug Savannah more.
With tears streaming down my face, I opened my Bible searching for something โ anything โ to help me understand what my human mind and emotions cannot. Why does God allow evil to happenโฆ. Ever?
๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐: โ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ! ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐.โ โ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐:๐๐
Thatโs it. The promise is not the absence of pain, but the presence of our Savior walking with us through it. God is with us โ even when we are crushed under the weight of grief.
But oh, how broken our world is. Our children and even us are hypnotized by screens, social media, highlight reels, and endless comparison. Sports and schools measure them constantly โ grades, tryouts, teams. Their lives constantly quantified by likes, views, and followers. Instant feedback on their self worth, image, or โprogressโ not through Him but a screen.
Parents grind themselves to the bone chasing more money, more recognition, more โsuccessโ โ often at the cost of the one thing our children need most: us. Our presence. Our example. Our faith lived out in front of them.
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๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ.
From curated feeds that distort reality, to gossip group chats that tear others down, to AI that is terrifyingly powerful โ now becoming the source our children are turning to for emotional and mental health support because weโve lost the gift of true human-to-human connection. This is the battleground. Not in boardrooms or ballots, but in the quiet corners of our homes where screens are raising our children instead of us.
โข โYou shall have no other gods before me.โ โ Exodus 20:3
โข โNo one can serve two mastersโฆ You cannot serve both God and money.โ โ Matthew 6:24
โข โDear children, keep yourselves from idols.โ โ 1 John 5:21
Today was another harsh reminder that it often takes earth-shattering events for us to pull our heads out of the hole and face reality: life is incredibly precious, and there are no do-overs.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ (๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐๐:๐๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐.
And if youโre reading this as a parent and feel inadequate to lead โ youโre not alone. None of us feel perfectly equipped. But God has never called the qualified; He qualifies the called. Moses had a stutter and begged God to send someone else, yet he led a nation out of slavery. Rahab was a pr******te, yet she saved her family and became part of the lineage of Christ. Paul persecuted Christians before becoming the greatest missionary the world has ever seen. David was unfaithful and did the unthinkable, yet he was called โa man after Godโs own heart.โ If God used their rocky paths to bring His light, He can surely use your imperfect parenting to lead your children toward Him.
They need to see us live it out โ what it looks like to repent, to grow, to fail, to overcome, and to pray. Let them see you cry. Let them see you wrestle with faith. Let them see you admit when you were wrong, apologize when youโve judged someone too quickly, or extend grace to a person whose past looks different from yours.
This is discipleship. This is the Gospel at work in the everyday moments of our homes.
๐โ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐. ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง.
And lean hard on Him. Because in Him alone, even in the valley of shadows, we find hope.
But donโt stop there. We can make a difference. You and me. From our own homes.
Itโs important we live this out so that, little by little, we can help prevent these tragedies from happening. Love people out loud. Reach out to the one you see struggling. Encourage instead of criticize. Choose compassion over convenience. Be the hands and feet of Jesus in a hurting world. Because if we donโt live it, our children will never learn it โ and they are the ones who will carry the light forward.
๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐, ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌโ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌโ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
- From one broken hearted Momma to the Momma Iโve never met going through the unthinkable. I see you. I love you. You are strong and faithful and instilled that same faith in your own. Iโm praying for you. God speed.
