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The Only Answer Our Children Need

  • Angie Gibbons
  • January 13, 2022
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The kids are older now—not so round, not so playful. So much of the parenting I intensely focused on in years past seems to fall away at this stage. As they start to stand on their fawn legs and become as much a part of the world ‘out there’ as inside the walls of my home, I only know one thing for sure:

What I want for them most is to have Jesus.

It feels over-simplistic even as I write it. But I see no other answer that gives them all the answers. The Answer that buoys them when they’re far from home; that guides them in all of the big decisions; that heals the brokenness that’s there or will surely come.

I just want Jesus for them. More and more, it’s that overarching desire that guides my thoughts and decisions; it softens my voice and focuses my words.

As we drive in the car, as we wait at the doctor, I search out one more way to say that nothing else I can give them matters more. Jesus is my whole world and I hope and pray He becomes their whole world too.

I could worry about their future. I’m tempted to do that. But when the worried thoughts come in, I only have to remember this:

Jesus really wants them, too.

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Angie Gibbons

Angie’s great passion is to plant seeds of hope for women who feel stuck, disempowered, or fearful—that they really can live freely and at rest. She loves storytelling, speaking for women’s events, and writing for both her blog and popular Christian publications. Angie is a wife and bio/adoptive mom to three girls. You can find her surfing and hiking with her family in Hawaii, and you can read her latest tips on living fearless on Facebook or Instagram.

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