Tell them how you love them. Tell them why. Tell them what makes them special. Why they are good at something. How very proud you are of them. How much you love them. How much God loves them. How fearfully and wonderfully they are made. By the Creator of the Universe. Made just the way He wants them. For a purpose. For a plan. For a future.
I have a friend who recites the same blessing over her son every night. He loves it and knows if she leaves anything out. I told her how I used to do that with my girls when they were little. And how when they got a little older we used to write to each other in journals that we would pass back and forth. But now that they are teenagers and one is an adult preparing to get married, I have to be intentional with my blessings.
It is so important though that we bless our children. Verbally. That we speak a future of love and success and kindness and serving and giving over them. Those words of blessing will shape and mold them more than any discipline or teaching. The words of blessing to them sink deep into their souls. Deep into that part of them that God alone can reach. That part that they tap into when it is time for them to be the adult. To be the responsible one. To be the spouse. To be the parent.
We usually bless out of blessing. We either do it very naturally because we were blessed or we struggle with blessing others because the blessings were withheld from us. But God can fill those empty places with his blessings so that they still flow out of us. We don't have to let the cycle of negativity and cursing continue through our own family. We can choose to stop the pain and turn it to blessing. Today.
It is never too late to bless a child. Or to bless our spouse. Or to bless a friend. Just say the words. You are a blessing to me because....
Let someone know how they bless you. How you see God in their lives. Send them an email or write them a note. Or even just text them a sentence of blessing. It will make their day. It will bless their heart. It could even change the course of their lives. Blessings are that powerful. Use them often!
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make His face shine upon you,
the Lord turn His face toward you and give you Peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
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