[00:00:00] Hi there. I'm Laura. Welcome to another Hope cast. This is kind of incredible. I have spent my life protecting my daughter. She's 29 years old now, but she's been through a lot of traumatic situations. I've done a lot of praying for her, done a lot of battle for her. And the Lord has been faithful time and time again to bring her up out of those storms, those dark places, and put her feet back on the foundation of Jesus. And she is shining bright today.
[00:00:28] I trust God with my daughter. It's not easy, though. Sometimes I started thinking about parents letting their kids go back to school or when their kids have to drive across the country. They're going to be going to college. You know, it's so hard to let go of your kids. It's hard to let them grow up because you're the one that's been the one leading them and guiding them and teaching them and mentoring them. And can you trust God with them?
[00:00:55] As a mama that's been through a lot? Yes, you can.
[00:00:59] You can trust him 100%. Think about David in the Bible, where he was just going to take lunch out to his brothers who were on the battlefield. They were surrounding the big arena where Goliath was standing down in the center, taunting the children of Israel, making fun of them for following God.
[00:01:20] David just went to deliver lunch then. That would have been okay with me.
[00:01:25] What I wouldn't have been okay with was my daughter going and fighting Goliath.
[00:01:30] That would have been difficult, knowing that's what was coming. But God knew it was coming. Maybe that's why he didn't warn his parents.
[00:01:38] Had they known, would they have let him go? I don't know.
[00:01:42] But God took care of him. God had great plans for David. God was the one that was preparing him when. When he was watching the sheep, he was preparing him, teaching him how to war against the enemy with lions and bears and things like that.
[00:02:00] So just know, no matter what is ahead, God is preparing your child. And knowing that makes it a little more easy to let go.
