Quote from the book What Happens When We Pray For Our Families. Evelyn, page 106
A Father’s Blessing
As a medical doctor, our son-in-law Skip
knows the importance of touching. He
also knows the importance of touching family members. But as the spiritual head
of his house, he knows the importance of “blessing touching.” For many years he has practiced spiritual
blessings in their home. Skip tells
about it in his own words.
As parents we are continually being
encouraged in our efforts to lovingly nurture our children and spouses. God’s Word and some recent writings on the
importance of touching and blessing have had an impact on our family. Our spiritual and secular culture has been
rather silent with respect to the importance of the blessing. Occasionally, we are affirmed by parents,
teachers, and supervisors; however, touching is known to be vital in healthy
social and emotional development.
For several years we have shared
together each week in personal blessings after our ‘special’ Sunday
breakfast. Our children clamor (usually)
to be the first blessed. Seated in our
lap, the special person is surrounded by the rest and hugged and kissed by the
“blessor.” They are blessed in Jesus’
name for general or specific requests.
Other family members pipe in with particular things in that person they
are thankful for and for special spiritual blessing they are led to offer. Frequently we ask for healing blessings….
As a family encouraging and affirming
one another with our words, prayers, and affection, we covet God’s cement to
help us grow together and strong in Him.
The family blessing is one of God’s tools that help us accomplish this.
Oh, what a
wonderful idea. Family Blessings! I wished I had done this in our family. Can you imagine how children would feel to be
blessed like this?
My children
are grown up. Is it too late? Is there someway to do something like this
with our grown children? It would seem
to me that no matter how old you are, it would feel wonderful to feel that your
parents are praying for God to bless their lives, but even more exciting to do it together.
For many
years I have been writing out my prayers for my children. I have a notebook for each one of them. It has always been so encouraging to be able
to write an answer to prayer that I had written as a request, minutes, days,
weeks, months, & years before.
I think I
am going to try something new. First, I
still have one grandson who is 2. I hold
him all the time, and in this chapter it encourages us to pray for them as we
hold and touch them. I have done that
sometimes, but I want to make it more regular.
Then I also
have three other grandchildren that live many states away. I need to get creative. Maybe I can write to them and tell them I am
going to pray for God’s blessings on them.
Now, they are already very blessed, but who knows how God will answer.
Now, what
about my grown children? How can I pray
Family Blessings for them? I could write
out prayers of blessing in each of their notebooks, but I am going to pray for
creativity on how I can do this.
This
chapter has blessed by heart to much.
Thank you God!
Romans
10:12
For
there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and
richly blesses all who call him.
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