Are You a Bogus Holy Spirit to Your Kids?

By any chance, are you trying to be your kids' Holy Spirit?  I'm right there with you.  But it'll never work.  It'll always be bogus.

I've been realizing over time that I often try to do the Holy Spirit's rightful work in my child's life, and I do a twisted, horrible job of it.  Time is flying by and I have felt like it's totally up to my husband and me to make sure Dear Son is the way he's "supposed to be" by the time he leaves our nest.  Not that I haven't given credit to the Lord for His work so far, but I have added a burden to myself that God never intended. 


It's not so much that my approach has been all wrong (though there's always room to learn and improve!), but the desperation I feel when Dear Son  doesn't "get it" in my timing is not from God, and it often leads me to feel scared or irritated or some kind of upset which, though I try not to show it, is very apparent to anyone watching.  Especially Dear Son.

The truth is that there is no need to feel desperation.  My job is to be faithful, to do the time-consuming, sometimes heart-wrenching, stuff that God has asked me to do--supporting him in prayer constantly, teaching him to study God's Word, trying to be a good model for him, remaining consistent, remembering to praise the good, allowing him to fail (and suffer consequences), balancing accountability and mercy (oooo, that's so hard to know how to do sometimes!) . . . the list of Mom's Jobs goes on, of course . . .

But the results are out of my hands.  They are between Dear Son and his God.  No room for desperation there.  I simply (?) need to let go of that and trust God to do what He's going to do.

Anyone relate? 

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