Never lose sight, Amy, never lose sight of the fact that your walk with God is as essential for the good of your children as is food that you are giving them. Children should not live by bread alone, but “…by EVERY WORD that comes out of the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:4). If you don’t have communion with God, you will lose not only a source of strength for the sake of parenting, but you will lose the very thing you want most to impart to your children.
You should want your children to know God more than anything, it’s about their eternal life. “Whoever believes in the Son has ETERNAL LIFE, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.” (John 3:36) You want your children to taste and see that God will be sufficient to meet all of their needs, “…God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:19) Including the needs for their own parenting. And if you lose God while parenting, the very thing you want to give them most you have lost. So, that is how important it is for you to FIGHT FOR WHATEVER IT TAKES to maintain a sweet, growing, satisfying walk with your God.
-Bill Stockham