5 Verses that will Help When You Worry about Your Kids

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6 of the Best Ways to Fight Distraction and Listen to God
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Amazing Worship Songs that will Make Your Day Better
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How to be Blessed with the Powerful Wisdom of God
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I want to introduce you to someone I wish I’d know when my kiddos were growing up. Seriously, if you have children in your home, at college, or grown … okay, if you have children, you need to know Ruthie Gray!

She is supportive, encouraging and shares time-tested advice for moms. AND… she does it all with honesty, humor, and a big love for Jesus.

I love her tagline:

Mentoring moms to capture joy in Christ’s strength! 

Being a mom being is exhausting … having someone who’s been there cheering you on and leading the way is essential!

So, sit back, relax, and enjoy some of Ruthie’s godly wisdom for moms. Then leave her some love in the comments…

5 Verses that will Help When You Worry about Your Kids

 

Do you worry about your kids having freak accidents or getting in with the wrong crowd? When illness creeps up, do you conjure up worse case scenarios?

Of course you do – you’re a mom.  The first time you snuggle a newborn to your breast, the weight of responsibility wraps around your shoulders like a heavy cloak.  Your child becomes the last thought on your mind at night and the first thought when you rise.

Last January I jotted down my dream list of goals for the coming year.

At the top?

Weight loss.

(Big surprise.)

At the bottom?

Banish fear of the future.

With the entrance of empty nest, fear has full-on threatened to strangle me in its clutches nearly every sleepless night.

For this reason, I claimed Proverbs 31:25b as my blog foundation verse.

“She laughs at the future” 

I was hoping if I said it enough, it would stick.

Only a mother experiences the irrational fear of an adult child’s home going up in flames due to a carelessly microwaved fork.

Will he remember to lock his doors?  Does she carry mace in her purse?  Are they cracking their windows when using the gas fireplace?

All manner of fear drives a mama to the brink of insanity.  If you’re reading this, you know what it means to worry about your kids.

After I jotted down that fear, (almost as an afterthought, probably because I act like it’s a normal setting on my dryer), I picked up my devotional tools.

And here is what I read: 

1.)  God is love, and perfect love casts out fear

Those were the first words I read in The Attributes of God Vol. 2, by A.W. Tozer

I sat stunned, knowing God designed and foreordained this passage for this morning and this day down to my writing out that wish.

God reveals to me more and more how personal He is when I pay attention!

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.  I John 4:18  

When you worry – God’s love is perfect and personal! 

2.)  God pursues those He loves

Jonah, 1-4.

This Jonah man was selfish.  He did not want to do what God asked.  He ran the complete opposite way and God pursued him with a vengeance.

Even into the sea

Even in the belly of the whale

Even after Jonah said yes, went to Ninevah, and got mad because God forgave the people

Even after Jonah made a shelter just outside the city so he could sit and mope

Even after Jonah got mad at God because a worm ate his shade tree

God still does this for us.  He’s done it for me when I’ve strayed, thinking I knew best. 

When you worry – God pursues you! 

3.)  God loves each of us personally

It was no coincidence that my rustling pages fell to Psalm 144, my Scripture reading for December 18.

Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?

Man is like a breath

His days are like a passing shadow.  Psalm 144:3-4

I think if we’re honest, all of us wonder deep down at times.

Years ago, when Joni Erikson recorded her first album, her song, Journey’s End, stopped me in my tracks with this line:

And for the faith to doubt, and yet believe. 

That line followed me for years.

So if I’m being honest, yes, I doubt sometimes.

And yet, I always come back to my faith in Christ, because He proves Himself faithful time and time again. 

When you worry – God’s love is faithful!

4.)  God loves every prayer of His saints

Revelation 8:3

And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne.

God hears every prayer of every person on this earth that believes in Him.

That means every prayer I’ve ever prayed, He has heard.  Every prayer you’ve ever prayed, he heard.

When you worry – God hears every.prayer.everwhere.
 

5.)  God loves the lowly

Because it was around Christmastime, I read through The Women of Christmas by Liz Curtis Higgs.

Jesus was born homeless

Jesus was homeless during His ministry

Jesus was born into poverty

“His earthly parents had nothing the world counts as valuable.  Had they been rich, room would have been made for them.  Instead, they were poor, yet they made room in their hearts for God.” 

Shepherds were lowly, despised, and often regarded as thieves.  And yet, Christ called Himself a Shepherd. The Bible refers to David as a shepherd.

When you worry – The Lord is my Shepherd.

 Peace, when you worry about your kids, is a daily growth process

Halfway through this year, I’ve not completely succeeded at either of my main goals.  But the good news?  God is not done with me yet.  He will teach me, lead me, and encourage me in His time.  It has been said that time heals all wounds.  But time also grows maturity.

Next time you sense that familiar icy fear prick up the back of your neck, remember, we serve a personal God.  He pursues and loves us beyond comprehension.  He cares not about stature or status; our neediness brings His presence nearer.

He hears every prayer we breathe – however brief or harried.  And if you are struggling to believe God cares that you worry about your kids, here’s my parenting post over at Arabah Joy called,  To the mom who feels invisible. Pop on over and read how Christ reached out to a desperate woman who thought she was invisible.

You’ll be encouraged –  I was!

Ruthie Gray is a wife, Gigi, and mom of four (who lived to tell about it).  Ruthie’s passion is mentoring moms to capture joy with humor, advice, and practical application of Scripture at Ruthie Gray.Mom.  Ruthie is a contributor of the free mom devotional app, TruthBytes, and the author of Count to Nine; 9 Liberating Steps for Mom Frustration and Anger.  Click to download her Wife and Mommy Survival Kit here.

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