Keeping Your Little Girl Little/ Praying for Your Adult Child

This is most likely more of a parenting blog than a book blog but the irony of the two books on my bedside table struck me in full force today.  I have been reading Stormie OMartin's The Power of Praying for Your Adult Child and journaling the prayers for my oldest and then this weekend, I began reading the book, Six Ways to Keep Your Little Girl Little by Dannah Gresh.   Both books have been convicting in helping me look at the ways I have parented, many times taking things in my own control, rather than turning them over to Christ.  When I think of the day I became a mom and all the hopes and dreams I had for my children I find myself somedays wishing for a "do-over" but that's when I realize that instead of a "do-over", I need to be much better at a "turn-over".  In both books we are encouraged to not only have the resources our children need to maintain their integrity but also the ability to begin to stand up for their beliefs. It doesn't matter if taking that stand begins with the youngest-choosing not to conform to the world, and maintaining her modest style in the clothes she chooses to wear, or the oldest that must learn to claim faith as her own, my role is to turn them over completely to Christ.  This is the hard part for a perfectly  controlling momma, who tends to take all the responsibility upon herself.  I'm certain there will be more to blog about these books as I continue to read them and continue to daily turn over their lives and mine completely to Him.  Join with me on the journey where Danna Gresh and Stormie O'Martin can lead me to the ultimate guidebook-His Holy Word.