Our Arrows

Tara(21), Kurt(18), Troy(23) and Kelly(15)

Our arrows. Psalm 127:3,4
I was reading the other day from "The Parent's Tao Te Ching" and found this nugget...

"You do not have to make your children into wonderful people.  

 You only have to

 remind them that they are wonderful people."

God has blessed us with four marvelous children, who have filled our lives with laughter, joy and some tears mingled along the way.  I hope I can remember to implement this wise truth as they start their adult journeys.


 "LORD, I pray that my adult children (and one almost adult) will be planted firmly in Your house so that they will always be fresh and flourishing and bear fruit into old age (Psalm 92:13-15). Help them to remember that You are “able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20). Guide them step by step so that they never gets off the path You have for their life. I pray that You—the God of hope—will fill them with Your joy and peace so that they will “abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13). In Jesus’ name I pray."  


Omartian, Stormie (2010-08-11). The Power of Praying® for Your Adult Children Book of Prayers (The Power of Praying) (pp. 119-120). Harvest House Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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