![]() ![]() Any mother who’s willing to get on her knees and cry out for the heart of her son. That’s right, our sons have a real enemy-one that wants to kill, steal and destroy them (John 10:10)-but that enemy, according to the Word of God, has an opponent himself that’s a force to be reckoned with. When the days of mothering grow long, and make a girl weary, and when what you really want to do is lock your son up in his room and throw away the key, it’s good to remember this: ![]() “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 ESV Sometimes, I’m tempted to let our circumstances tell me my son is the enemy- he’s the one I’m fighting. Unfortunately, at the McGlothlin Home for Boys, we’re living in the in-between season- where ideas abound before they are mature enough to handle the responsibilities that go along with those ideas. ![]() Boys ache for independence from mama, and feel ready to “boldly go where no man has gone before.” They want to be strong, assert their opinions, and explore their own ideas. I know from my education that this process of differentiation is pretty normal. On days like today, when he’s arguing with everything I say and trying his eight-year-old best to do things his way, it seems I’m fighting against him-like there’s a war going on in my house between me and my son, and a distance between us I want to bridge no matter the cost. Sometimes, I don’t feel like we’re on the same team anymore, my son and I, and it breaks my heart. I know if I said, “the sky is blue on a sunny day” he would try to prove me wrong. He looks at me with a “heels dug in” kind of glare. (On Friday I’ll be posting 10 prayers for your daughter.) ![]() There was such a response, I decided this week to have my friend Brooke McGlothlin write a guest post on 10 prayers for your son. Last week I wrote about prayers for your marriage. ![]()
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