Comments on: Seeing Through a Glass Darkly

By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:03:12 +0000

There are so many things in this article that are very true. I guess i want to offer encouragement to those mothers whose children are lost to the devil. As long as they are alive, there is hope. My brother has been living for the devil & running from God for many years and although you are right of the heartache and pain & sorrow my mom has felt over the years, the sleepless nights calling out to God for his soul, she also has found the peace of entrusting his soul to her Savior. We have seen the hand of God in his life many times, protecting him, bringing about circumstances to draw him to the Father. She continues to fast & pray for his salvation, resting in God, trusting him in all circumstances & believing He is able to bring this sinner to his knees. The greatest thing is for our children to come to salvation in Christ at an early age, to walk in His ways all of their life. Yes, train your child up in the way he should go. Yes, put on joy & love & submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For it is pleasing to God, it is His greatest plan for us. But it is not an assurance of salvation for our children. Living in debilitating guilt & grief because of a prodigal child, blaming ourselves for their sinfulness is not productive & certainly is not trusting in the Sovereignty of God. If we live in the past stewing over all the things we did wrong, all the things we should have done differently, we are acting as if there is no hope for that child outside of our home. Stay on your knees for him, love him with all your heart & do not be afraid to place your hope in Jesus, the lover of His soul, the one who died for him, the one who can save even the most sinful of sinners!

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:49:04 +0000

Thank you so much for this article. I had a miscarriage a few months ago & it took me some time to get through it. This was really helpful. Holly

By: Hannah Tonce

Hannah Tonce — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:05:00 +0000

Thank You, this made me want to cry (I didn’t because there were to many people in the room.)

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:18:49 +0000

I found this article to be very eye opening. I am a new mother. I married three years ago and became a wife and mother instantly. I became a step-mother to my husbands 12yr old son. Dylon was a very broken young man. He was sweet when he wanted to be and bitter when he didn’t get his way. I soon discovered that he had been abused phsyically, and emotionally as a young child by his mother. I did my best to mother him over these past few years. I have also prayed a lot for him. Shortly after being married my husband and I became guardians to my niece she was just nine months old. The day after we got legal custody, we found out we were expecting our first. To date we have three great kids: Dylon-16, Ella-3 and Carlee-2. Although things haven’t been perfect we have figured them out. I as a mother of young children was fretting over death and watching my girls closely. I will continue to watch them, but after reading this I can see things a little clearer. I too agree that loosing a child to Satin would be far worse than having God babysit. Thanks for writting this.