I look back on this photo...my favorite with my firstborn son of the past year...and it reminds me of how very quickly he's becoming a man. He's taller than me, almost as tall as his dad, and yet he's still my little boy (who takes care of me now).
It's a special age.
"May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown."
Psalm 144:12
Brodie, 15, and in so many ways already a man of God. I look around our world today and I see the lack of expectations for young men and honestly, it breaks my heart...because it grieves the Father's heart when He employs men to care for the family and to lead the church and culture and we see that the bar is not being met. Oh, that we would raise up strong, wise men who fear God and lead for the Lord in the next generation! May it be so and may Brodie be one such man.
"The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man."
Ecclesiastes 12:11-13
To my Brodie, your Mama loves you so much! I pray for you like lives depend upon it (because they do) and I just know, by faith, that the Lord will employ you as He desires to serve Him in all that He leads you to do in His name. May your music and service and work ethic and mostly your heart glorify Him above all this year and every year from here.
I'm so proud of you, son.
- Happy 15th Birthday -
"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong."
1 Corinthians 16:13
