If I could give a gift to the young people in my house, it would be the gift of authority. The enemy has deceived with the lie that we cannot
control our minds, our bodies and our spirit.
Worries about where mind and thoughts will take them, keep the precious
heart living in fear and afraid to risk stillness and nonconformity. I know because I hear the lies in my mind
too. In my gift wrapped box I would like
to put a few symbols to empower them and me.
A rock to
stand on. A sure foundation, for the little foot slips when it stands on an
unsure foundation. And you can't take a
step without a solid place for your feet.
A place that does not move. A
place you can come back to if your step is misplaced and you need to start
again. The Love rock is always there and
will always be firm , never shifting with opinion, shrinking with failure or
disappearing in weakness.
A heart to choose. And when this heart was lifted from the bow
topped box it would reveal itself to be the heart of a lion. And gazing at this heart, they would see that
the power to chose and to will a change is theirs. Thoughts don't happen to us, we create them
from the choices to listen and watch.
And the lion in the heart would roar with power to demonstrate
theirs. And vulnerability to their own
mind would flee and be replaced with resolve to control and to submit those
thoughts and turn them into victorious adventures and holy acts of courageous
deeds that steer their ship to accomplish what they must to give such gifts to
others in return. And I imagine what it
would be like for the vulnerable victim to become the humbled and Spirit empowered
master of their thoughts , choosing work and direction and self control. And imagine their surprise when the
satisfaction of accomplishment dims their fears and empowers them more!
A cotton cloud to
give them hope. And this cotton cloud
would cause their gaze to rise up to see the reality of a much longer lasting ,
worthy place and time. If only for a
time, they would see the temporary and hollow walls of this world in comparison
to the eternal fortress of the real king.
Would that it empower them to risk the things that their earthly world
says are best and most. Popularity would
become second and third to virtue, exciting moments would seem but a weak
performance compared to the monstrous celebration that awaits, and the most
treasured relationship as comforting as
it is, would pale in comparison to the one that embraces us forever. We will not risk if we do not see a glorious
reason. And if we can not risk this
world for something greater, we cannot truly live abundantly.
Don't let life
happen to you, as I sometimes do, sweet
offspring. No one, not even a mother,
can truly fix truth in your heart, but only assure you of its presence and
clarify its nature. For you have been
given power and authority to submit and dare and do for the supreme authority,
the Lion of Judah, the eternal rock, your eternal family. And the strength and hope they give can break
through the lie of helpless hopeless victim to over comer. May I and you take charge and live higher!
For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this
is the victory that overcomes the world,
our faith. I Jn 5:4
Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us. Rom 8:37
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