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- Seasons
  
  ...And let us not grow weary and well doing, for in due season, we shall reap, if we do not lose heart. - Galatians 6:9
  
  I love the word “season”. Growing up in Michigan with its stunning fall colors, I’ve always associated the word with beauty and change. But when I was a young mom with three small children, a full-time parish music career, and a growing Itinerant music ministry, the word took on a more profound meaning.
  
  The word “season” still represented beauty, change, the reassurance that God is in control, and that some things will get ugly before they become beautiful again. But it took on a deeper meaning for me in times of restlessness. I don’t recall the specific occasion, but I was most likely worried about the future. It could’ve been parenting, career, ministry, or financial concerns. Whatever it was, I experienced a transformative moment when one of my mentors said kindly,
  “This is a season. You may be worried or unsure about what you’re supposed to do now, but it’s part of this season of your life, and you won’t be here forever.”
  
  I now find myself sharing this personal revelation with other women and hope of relieving their worries about their present circumstances. Looking back, I wish I had approached each season with the confidence of knowing God had me right where I was supposed to be. With time and experience, I eventually came to trust that, even in the ups and downs, uncomfortable, moments, and moments of rejoicing, I served God‘s purposes for my life. He was always preparing me to fulfill His purpose in the next season. I pray that I remain in this place of calm and prayerful anticipation of what’s to come, while also enjoying what He has given me right now.
  
  Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me to see you and you’re well for me in every season. Amen.
  
  Respond to His Call: Take a moment to reflect on past seasons and identify how God has prepared you for right now
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- Parents' prayer for their children
  
  This lovely prayer bring help & clarity to parents in their critical role of raising faithful & obedient children in this turbulent society...
  O God the Father of mankind, who hast given unto me these my children,
  and committed them to my charge to bring them up for Thee,
  and to prepare them for eternal life: help me with Thy heavenly grace,
  that I may be able to fulfill this most sacred duty and stewardship.
  Teach me both what to give and what to withhold;
  when to reprove and when to forbear; make me to be gentle, yet firm;
  considerate and watchful; and deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence,
  and the excess of severity; and grant that, both by word and example,
  I may be careful to lead them in the ways of wisdom and true piety,
  so that at last I may, with them, be admitted to the unspeakable joys
  of our true home in heaven, in the company of the blessed Angels and Saints.
  Amen.
  
  O Heavenly Father, I commend my children to Thy care. Be Thou their God and
  Father; and mercifully supply whatever is lacking in me through frailty or negligence. Strengthen them to overcome the corruptions of the world, whether from within or
  without; and deliver them from the secret snares of the enemy.
  Pour Thy grace into their hearts, and strengthen and multiply in them the gifts
  of Thy Holy Spirit, that they may daily grow in grace and in knowledge
  of our Lord Jesus Christ; and so, faithfully serving Thee here,
  may come to rejoice in Thy presence hereafter.
  Amen.