November 16, 2011

• Praying on our knees

  I realized that I've never shown the boys how to get on their knees and pray.

  Honestly it's not something I do that often. I wish I could say I do it every morning. God's working on me!

  Last night I received a message from a friend with some deep, thought provoking questions. I replied as best I could, but then told her I was headed on my knees to pray for her. It's not that comfortable getting on my knees. My ankles started to hurt, I had to shift my weight...but I cried out to God on behalf of this sister of mine, realizing this temporal uncomfortable feeling is nothing compared to the pain my Savior felt on the cross. 

  It was then I realized, "The boys need to know we have to get on our knees before God."

  But they won't see that modeled in me. I mean, like I said, getting on my knees isn't a daily event around here. God's Spirit was speaking to me.

  So this morning the boys were wrestling and the wrestling match turned to more aggressive than Miles wanted and he got upset, Luke got upset, and Clark of course joined in.

  Right there as the two big boys were going back and forth I said, "Boys get on your knees with mommy." 

  They had no idea what we were doing, but we held hands and prayed for the fruits of the Spirit in their life. We asked God to makes us "Team Patenaude" that would honor Him. We asked God to make our day honor Him, be Christ-centered and Holy Spirit filled.

  This wasn't a "wow mom this is great" moment, it was more an awkward step of obedience for me. 

  When the boys are teenagers I want them to know mom's first response was getting on her knees to pray, if we don't start now it will even be more awkward when they're 15 and 16!

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