School Year Prayers from a Mama’s Heart – February
Love is difficult to define to a child or anyone really. While the world sells love in red lipstick, smooth skin, an hour-glass figure, and luscious eye lashes, we know real love has nothing to do with appearance or performance. Although we know this in our minds, sometimes our actions speak otherwise. We praise our children for great performances. We post the highlights of their accomplishments and we rally behind them as they do well in school, sports, and other activities. There is nothing wrong with cheering on our kids. I think it’s necessary and even appropriate. But if we only cheer for the things they do and not the way they love, we are missing a huge part of helping them learn about true love. Children and adults alike face a difficult battle when it comes to true love. When there is a lack of love in a person’s life no matter what the age, there will be a deep yearning desire to fill the void inside. It’s only natural. When relationships crumble after many years, love becomes complicated and confusing. What is true love? Do we even know how to practice it?
How do we teach our children about “true” love? How do we impart God’s definition of love to them? When the Bible speaks of love, it says that God Himself is love and that without Him all other love is vain. As we pray for our children this month, and as we celebrate the day of love, let’s remember how the Bible defines love.
God is love. I John 4:8b
Love is not a feeling that prances around in cherry red lip gloss, high heels, and a little black dress. Love is not roses and chocolate. Love is not big muscles, a fancy car, or lots of money. God is love. If we ignore the person of God as we try to love each other in this broken world, we will always come up short, unsatisfied, and searching for more.
I want my children to know that love is not a feeling, but rather a fruit of God’s mercy. This issue of love is an ongoing learning lesson. It’s not something we will ever arrive at completely until we are complete in Christ in His eternal kingdom in heaven. As we enter the month of February and lean into the love of Christ, let’s beg God for our children to learn the reality of true love, God’s love. Let’s ask God to impart in our own hearts the reality of His unconditional love.
We love Him, because He first loved us. I John 4:19
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August
September
October
November
December
January
Love & Blessings,
Micah