No, you are a parent. And Jesus heeds the concern in a parent's heart. After all, our kids were his kids first. "Don't you see that children are God's best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?" (Ps 127:3). Before they were ours, they were his. Even as they are ours, they are still his.
We tend to forget this fact, regarding our children as our children as though we have the final say in their health and welfare. We don't. All people are God's people, including the small people who sit at our tables. Wise are the parents who regularly give their children back to God.
Jesus said so little about parenting, made no comments about spanking, breast feeding, sibling rivalry, or schooling. Yet his actions spoke volumes about prayer. Each time a parent prayed, Christ responded. His big message to moms and dads? Bring your children to me. Raise them in a greenhouse of prayer.
When you send them off for the day, do so with a blessing. When you tell them good night, cover them in prayer. Is your daughter stumped by geography homework? Pray with her about it. Is your son intimidated by the new girl? Pray with him about her. Pray that your children have a profound sense of place in this world and a heavenly place in the next.
God never dismisses a parent's prayer.
By: Max Lucado
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