I want to ask you something. Something that I want to truly challenge you to think about before answering…When you think about your kids, what is the line that you won’t allow anyone to cross in order to protect them? Do you have an obvious blanket answer like “I won’t allow anyone to physically hurt my kid.” Or maybe “I won’t allow harm to come to my child.” Those are some pretty simple and obvious answers, right? Not that you would be wrong to say them because I completely agree with you. Someone comes at my kid with a weapon or tries to attack one of them? I’m stepping in before they get a chance. I make sure they wear their seatbelts when in a car, helmets when on bikes, and yes, because of my line of work I always have worst case scenarios going on in my head so it’s a balance to not worry too much. When we look at the “end results” of our parenting, how do we hope our kids turn out? We can’t guarantee they will end up being the person we dreamt for them, and we will have to accept facts that they will likely make decisions that we felt wasn’t best. Throughout history, we read about leaders, world changers, or even local heroes that were in the right place at the right time. So, us being here, parenting the children we are parenting…living in the culture and world around us…this is not a surprise. It wasn’t an accident. YOU are not an accident. You were chosen for this moment in time. You were chosen to parent your children. AND your children were chosen to be here, right now. This is not just a luck of the draw.If we look at it that way, keeping in mind that there is a reason for our family to be here, we can begin looking at the bigger picture and the end result.Do we throw the kids out and let them figure life out on their own? Of course not. And I’m going to share something with you that may or may not come as a surprise to you…No matter what anyone tells you…and I mean anyone…no one else on earth loves your children as much as you do and no one else has their best interest at heart more than you do so therefore no one else has the right to overstep a line that you feel should not be crossed. No amount of education, experience, or opinion can overrule that fact that you know your children and what is best for them more than anyone else. So you have the right, the permission, the ability to stand up, speak out, and say enough is enough. Have you seen the phrase “raising arrows” before? I’ve seen it on shirts, mugs, and other items. I know that it is a great phrase to address raising our kids. The idea behind it, if I understand it correctly, is that we, as parents, are raising children that when we send them out into the world, they are prepped and ready and steadfast.And I agree. That being said, I am going to take it just a bit further than that.I believe, at least for me, I am RAISING WARRIORS. I looked up a bit about warriors and found that a warrior stands against darkness. It doesn’t succumb to darkness by losing faith or love. A spiritual warrior is one who lives a life with God and stands through life’s battles with their head held high. Believes and knows God is leading them in every aspect of their lives.We are  discussing what that looks like in more detail today.Something special is coming this week over on Instagram, so make sure to go follow me and keep watching!If you anything in today's episode speaks to you, will you please share it? Make sure to tag me if you share on social media so I can  thank you!We need to be preparing ourselves and our children for the battle ahead. The battle against the evil that will go through every little space possible to worm its way into our families. With the intentional listening of instructions…putting on the full armor of God and TEACHING our CHILDREN to do the same…we can be confident that the Lord will not desert us. He will be our protector and our leader. We are called to be strong and courageous.We need to lead our children to stand against darkness and not succumbing. To hold tight to faith and love. To live a life with God and stand through life’s battles with their heads held high. Believing and knowing God is leading them in every aspect of their lives.Because WE are RAISING WARRIORS.
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