Transtions

I am preparing myself for a new role in this little one's life. In a matter of weeks I am going to abruptly shift from full time mommy to physically uninvolved in his day to day life. I have been thinking a lot about my role as a praying mama in the background of his life. The truth is I was praying for him before I knew him. I had a burden to pray for our coming foster child all last summer and fall. Now that I know the story of his situation, I know why I was so burdened for him. (Over the last week, I have started to feel burdened to pray for whoever our next little one may be, but that is a thought process for another day.) The praying mama is the only role I can keep from our time together. It is the role that the State has no control over.

I wanted a verse that I could use as his verse that I could pray for him as he grows. I have had this idea in the back of my mind, but I just had not found the verse I wanted to be his yet.

Today I think I found it. Right in the middle of the verses our pastor used as he preached this morning. I knew when I read it, that this was my prayer for my little guy. The context of the verse is Joshua speaking to the Ruebenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. They are returning to their home on the other side of the Jordan River, and he is giving them instructions. I love the picture of Joshua sending them off with loving encouragement.

Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

What drew me to this verse was, "to cling to him". It sums up my hopes and prayers for this little one. I am not looking forward to the time that he will leave. However, I have to believe that God has a plan for his life and I have to trust him.