My Prayer Life - Part 12 - "Letting Go"

Part 12:

I began to understand more about God--the Heavenly Father and His love for His children as my boys got into high school and college. I was staying on my knees more now and holding them up to the Lord. When I made their beds I would kneel and pray for that special child and the problem that he had that day -- they began to have many as they grew into teenagers and adults. When I ironed their clothes I talked to the Lord about that person whose garment I was ironing. When I washed the dishes I bathed my soul in prayer for whatever problem or joy that was on my heart. I don't know what parents and husbands and wives do who do not have the Lord to go to.

As Danny went to college we were so happy he chose Wayland Baptist College and was given a $1000 scholarship each year for running track.

Signing for WBC scholarship

He had been such a joy to us -- as were all of them -- but he was our first one and naturally everything he did was new to us. He became disturbed about his third year in college as he didn't know what direction he should go in his life. He was discouraged and even thought about quitting. His coach and teachers wrote us about encouraging him. I had taken it to the Lord in the mean time, and I asked Him to guide Danny in his life and show him what He had for him. I also said, "Lord, Danny is going to need a helpmate soon to steady his life and make him complete, and You know who she is. He doesn't, but would you please show him (and me) pretty soon?"

It wasn't very long until we went to Albuquerque to a track meet and he introduced us to this little "Linda Allen," and I remember putting my arm around her and loving her a little bit, and a warm feeling came into my heart. Every girl he had brought home from school until then I had thrown up a wall and found something I didn't like about her. I began to think that I was a possessive mother who would never be able to give up that son. I remember one day deliberately taking one of my aprons, cutting off the apron strings, putting them in an envelope, and mailing them to Danny at college to let him know that I was "cutting the apron strings." When it came time for me to give him to Linda, it was such an easy thing---because the Lord helps our love be a giving love.

Read the next entry in my prayer journey - "God Answers - Big & Small Requests"