I had been saved about three years and learning about my Savior who loves and lives through His own by His Spirit. I didn't know much about the working of His Spirit, and had just learned about the spiritual armor through Ephesians 6.
As the Lord was teaching me through His Word and experiences of learning to die to self, I found a great burden in my heart for my oldest son. He had just been released from four years of army duty. After a year in South Carolina, two years in Germany, a year in Texas, he had no desire to re-enlist. But now He was living on his own with a nice job, nice place to live but with a girl friend. The years of hypocrisy he saw in me before the Lord saved me had turned him off to the things of God, he was living in sin and was just like the World.
As time and years past we moved to Wisconsin but he still lived in Illinois, about 8 hours from us. He helped us with many financial situations. He was always generous toward us and God blessed him. Yet many things happened in my son's life that brought him stress and sorrows with relationships. I continued to pray for him daily, and wept many times for his salvation. He would call me every Friday, (and still does) but if I mentioned anything about the Lord he would say, "Mom don't preach to me."
But as those phone calls kept coming and after a time, he began to ask me questions about the Bible and of the things of God. I was trying hard not to "Preach" and would let him lead the conversation. One day while we were talking I just couldn't help talking about salvation and how wonderful Jesus Christ is, when my son said,"Mom, I know, you are preaching to the choir." ! Praise God! The Lord had already saved Him! He had started reading the Bible and through The Scriptures the Lord opened his eyes to the truth!
Now, he listens to the Bible as he drives his hour long ride to work everyday. When he calls we often get into good discussions about the things of God, he is growing and learning in leaps and bounds as he reads the Bible and seeks the Lord Jesus for understanding.
He has been married for over 5 years to a sweet and dear girl, they have 2 sweet little boys and I long for their salvation as well. Oh how I pray!
I have one daughter who is not yet saved, and I find myself weeping for her salvation very often, with great hope- Oh Lord you are able!
Oh how I pray for the salvation of all my children and grandchildren.
(Our tenth grandchild is about to be born!)- see: http://glorious-hope.blogspot.com/
May our Savior save them, each one, and bring them into His Kingdom on that day- Oh how I weep and pray for this and how I long for it!
Mothers and Grandmothers- PRAY for the salvation of your loved ones, do not give up nor get discouraged, our God answers prayer in ways we would never dream- keep praying and praising Jesus Christ our Lord always!
In His love always,
Sarah
