I knew something wasn't right. I couldn't explain it, I just knew he was in danger. I told my husband to call our son. It was normal for him to still not be home this late at night, but for some reason I felt that he needed to be home. My heart said pray.
I can't explain why I text her when I did. I just knew she was on my mind so I let her know I was praying for her. Normally she would reply very quickly, but not this time. I didn't think anything about it until later that afternoon. I text her again. Still no answer. My heart said pray.
I could write out time after time when I have felt this urgency to pray for my children. I never can explain why I feel this sudden need to cover them in prayer. I really became aware of this when our family separated for a while.{ You can read why here.} I didn't have my teenagers with me everyday for the first time since they were born and my heart hurt. My prayers for my kids changed because all of a sudden I didn't know what they were doing. I didn't know who my daughter was babysitting for. I didn't know my son missed his orthodontist appointment. I didn't know my daughter had been throwing up all night.
I know really do what is speaking to me, telling me to pray. It is the Holy Spirit. He is real and powerful and will impress my mind and heart in ways I often don't understand. I have come to be very thankful for this, even though it often brings pain to my MomHeart.
I've come realize God has given me this MomHeart as a way to be connected with my children in ways they don't even realize. The older my kids get and the farther away they go, the bigger my MomHeart becomes. It enables me to look them in the face & know. Just know things they don't want me to know. To know if they are being truthfull. To know if they are hurting. To just know things that often, I don't want to know.
Scripture speaks of the Holy Spirit all through out, even in the Old Testament because the 3 persons of God existed before time began.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot recieve, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17
God gave us the Holy Spirit as our advocate & counselor. When my heart is hurting, the Holy Spirit brings peace and comfort.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26
How many times have you remembered a scripture verse or something someone said to you that you had not thought of in years. I love how the Holy Spirit does this!
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. John 16:13
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26
So often as a mom, I don't know what to pray for my children, but I just know I have to pray. It often comes out something like this...
"Lord, you know where _(name) is and what they are doing. You know what they are saying and what they are thinking. Protect them. Speak to them. Consume their mind with you and your promises. Thank you for _(name)_ and thank you for hearing my prayer."
Sometimes I find out why I needed to pray. Most often I don't. Sometimes my kids will ask, "Mom were you praying for me last night?" I love that.
If you suddenly feel an urgency to pray for your children (or for anyone) don't dismiss it. Stop right then and pray. Cry out to the Lord on your childs behalf. Listen to your MomHeart...a.k.a. the Holy Spirit.
