Lovebug,<\/p>\n
I know I have already told you this, but the verse I have selected to pray over your life is Ephesians 1:18-19a.\u00a0 It is a verse that God absolutely placed in my lap with such perfect timing.\u00a0 When I read it, I knew that it was for you…that I wanted it to be yours.\u00a0 I want this verse to be reality for you.\u00a0 I want it so embedded in the marrow of your bones that you live it every day almost effortlessly.<\/p>\n
This is the version in my Bible:<\/p>\n
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.”<\/p>\n
Here is The Message translation, which I also really like:<\/p>\n
“I ask\u2014ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory\u2014to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him\u2014endless energy, boundless strength!”<\/span><\/p>\n I pray it out loud to you every night when you are having your bath.\u00a0 In the middle of our other regular prayers, I say the following:<\/p>\n “And Mama prays Ephesians 1:18 for you every night praying that the eyes of your heart would be enlightened, that you would know the hope to which God has called you, your glorious inheritance in the saints, and the incomparable power He has promised to those who believe…because if you have those 3 things…if you have hope in God, you know who you are as a child of God, and you have God’s power, there is nothing in the world that can take you down!”<\/p>\n It’s typically background noise for you as you splash and play in the water, but it’s no matter.\u00a0 I’m praying those words so that you will hear them, but I am praying those words more importantly so God will hear them.\u00a0 I cannot tell you how desperate I am for you to know the freedom, peace, and utter joy I have found through faith in God and a relationship with Christ.\u00a0 It has, without question, radically transformed my life…and I don’t ever want you to know life without it.<\/p>\n Several times recently you have stopped playing and looked into my eyes with great intensity as I recited the words that you hear every single night.\u00a0 You looked like you were really trying to soak in what I was saying and it brought such delight to my heart!!\u00a0 While I know you were more likely noticing my hair looking affright or taking in the sing-song rhythm in my voice, it got me thinking.\u00a0 Oh how I hope and pray that you will have an interest in and a passion for God’s Word.\u00a0 It is such an incredible gift.\u00a0 One that can bring comfort to your grief, wisdom to your uncertainty, and hope to your despair.\u00a0 It will guide you, it will encourage you, it will transform you.<\/p>\n Oh my precious boy, I love you so.\u00a0 There aren’t enough hours in the day for me to show you just how much.\u00a0 I’m grateful for every moment I have the privilege of spending with you.\u00a0 Every. Single. One.<\/p>\n All my love,<\/p>\n Mama<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lovebug, I know I have already told you this, but the verse I have selected to pray over your life is Ephesians 1:18-19a.\u00a0 It is a verse that God absolutely placed in my lap with such perfect timing.\u00a0 When I read it, I knew that it was for you…that I wanted it to be yours.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[9,17,8],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-william","category-william","tag-faith","tag-letters-to-william","tag-william-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}