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The sovereign Lord of the universe deserves our faith-filled acknowledgement of his ownership of our kids. We all belong to our Creator. When we think our children exist to serve our egos, we get distracted from our primary purpose of serving our children by teaching them who God is and how they exist to enjoy him.

Every mitochondrion in their little bodies exists for God’s glory. The Lord knew our children’s destiny before the sperm ever met the egg. He commands their destiny from before the foundations of the world. He knows the number of their days and no part of their story surprises him. He is the God to whom we want to actively, daily entrust our children’s destiny.

God’s sovereign grace releases me from the worry that I’m doing a haphazard job of orchestrating my children’s lives for them. The gospel reminds me that a mother’s plans are not ultimate; God’s are. God is the one who has created these children, and he has far more intentional intentions to glorify himself through these kids than I could ever dream up. God made these children for himself-for his names sake