Spring is here in all its glory!! I love spring with plants and trees coming to life, flowers blooming, and birds chirping. What a gift God gives us to look forward to each year!
The season also brings about changes for many families as we experience many of life’s major milestones with graduations from high school or college. Time sure flies, it really was just yesterday that my kids were small.
This year we have yet another daughter getting ready to step into a new adventure. Ava, our middle daughter, has always lived with an excitement for the next big thing. She couldn’t wait to be a teenager...to drive...to have her own room...to go to prom...to graduate...to go to college. It has become a little joke among our family because she almost always says, “I can’t wait to…”
I pray earnestly that she (and all of my children) will live with trust in and expectation of the Lord and His plans for them, not just the next exciting thing to come.These milestones are wonderful, but following what God wants will lead to so much more.
As each of my children leave the nest, I am committing to praying this scripture for them: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13
It is my hope that they will seek Him with all their hearts and that they trust in His plans for them, even when those plans don’t turn out as expected. It is so hard to let them go, but I can do this knowing that I can trust God and His plans for them too.
See you Sunday!
Casey Teater
GraceKids Director