On my heart

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We have the power to love others...

love them well.

We have the power for good.

to create,

to lift others up.

We also have the power to break someone,

to crush,

to wound with our words.

We can be a super hero with our words

or

the villain.

My Cameron is at that delicate age where

everything is major,

what people say...

impact deeply.

He is about to be 13.

He has the biggest heart.

He is sensitive, kind and brave.

He started Jr. High this year and

some of his fellow classmates

have been

less than kind.

It breaks this mama's heart.

About two weeks ago,

A boy in one of Cameron's classes called him fat.

It hurt Cam's feelings,

but more importantly,

it wounded his heart.

I didn't know how much at the time.

Last night at the dinner table,

Cameron stated he didn't want to eat

to much because he was watching

his weight.

Is he giving away his power to this boy who

on a whim said something hurtful?

I am the keeper of my children's hearts.

Their hurts and my hurts.

I  reminded Cameron that he is a child of God and

he is fearfully and wonderfully made.

He is lovely and wonderful just the way

God made him.

But,

I think about what

is on the inside of Cam's mind and heart,

and what he will not say.

I pray for his heart.

 I pray for him to know God's unfailing love for him.

I pray that when these things happen he will look to God

for his worth and not

at the words or opinions of others.

I pray that he stays the young man he is.

That he continues to lift others up,
That he loves himself for exactly who he is.

That he remembers...

that he is my super hero of good.

 

Hope you have happy hearts today!