Weeping for your children.

A VOICE IS HEARD IN RAMAH.
MOURNING AND GREAT WEEPING,
RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN
AND REFUSING TO BE COMFORTED
BECAUSE HER CHILDREN ARE NO MORE. Jeremiah 31:15

Are you weeping for your children? Are you refusing to be comforted? Rachel's weeping was heard from her grave, as she wept for the children of Israel. Even death could not comfort her.

I too have wept for a child lost to me by choices she had made. Choices that would separate her from her family. Those months were some of the most difficult times for me. There were days when I cried "precious tears, the blood of my heart".

In my darkest hours when I felt as if I could not breathe. When my heart felt as if it could not ever be repaired. God was there for me. He breathed for me. He breathed into me. He was my life support. He was my rock and my foundation and He lifted me out of the pit of despair. And set me firmly on the right path.

But their were many days when I fought with God, I screamed at God..Their were days I did it MY way. Frontal assaults that could cause irreparable damage. Angry words, hateful word, making the situation worse, shutting down lines of communication between my child and I.

And then after months of vacillating between praying, listening to God, not listening to God I read 2 Chronicles 20:15 'Do not be afraid or discouraged....For the battle is not yours,but God's'. And I knew in my heart that I must truly turn it over to God and wait. He would do the work for me,and He did.

It is a long process putting back together a badly broken relationship, even if it is your child. Many factors get in the way, pride, hurt, forgiveness to name a few. But it is the only way and it is what a mother needs, a child needs and what God demands of us.

When I was in despair God was there. If you are in despair know that He is there for you. If you are battling with your child, read God's words. Know that He is there to guide you. And let Him do it..Open your heart, get on your knees and pray. But don't do as I did so often turn my back on His help because of my impatience, don't do it your way..Don't harden your hearts. Let Him breathe for you, and know that He is the one to lead you and your loved one out of darkness, back into the light of a loving relationship...

This is what the Lord says:

Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded..

Declares the Lord.

They will return from the land of the enemy. So there is hope for your future.

Declares the Lord.

Your children will return to their own land. Jeremiah 31:16 -17

And that is the great news..