Proverbs 3, Guidance.

My oldest son is in the process of preparing to leave our house. He graduated high school and will be going to University 1,500 miles from our home. He is moving from childhood towards adulthood. It brings many emotions for myself as a parent. I am so excited for this next chapter in his life. I anticipate wonderful things for him. He will have so many incredible experiences as he journeys toward adulthood.
Yet, there is always the possibility it will become exceedingly difficult. Those first years of "adulthood" were quite possibly the hardest years of my life.
Mainly because I was no longer under the protection of my parents. Also though, because I wasn't yet walking under the guidance of God. My young adulthood was very much a tightrope walk for me. I fell quite a bit and paid some high prices due to not having that harness of God's word guiding me.
I realize as he goes off that I won't be there to catch him. All the times he looked to me for answers. The times I was there holding his hand across a street. The times I lay in his room until he fell asleep. Those days are past. I've had my time and opportunity to be His safety net.
Now the only thing I can do is trust that he will use the harness God's word wisely. That he will not forget to put that harness on as he begins his tightrope walk. He has a choice. He has the option to climb upon that tightrope and decide he will try to do it all without using God's word to guide him. I know though how dangerous that walk will be. However, I won't be there to put that harness on anymore. He will have to make that decision daily for himself.
I hope that I have shown him how much peace he can have by walking with God's commands in his heart. I hope that  he will recognize the difference between living by God's word and living in ones own power. I rest in the knowledge that I've done the one thing I've been called to do.
Introduce him to Jesus.
 No other lesson that I've tried to teach will help him more in life. Jesus is the one thing that my son needs more than my love or protection. As his mother,  there is only so much I can do for him. But I know that my son can do all things through Christ who strengthens him.
So I'll step back in a few weeks and watch my sweet little boy take his first real steps as a man , knowing that Jesus is by his side. All the while, praying that he doesn't forget His teaching, but keeps His commands in his heart, for they will prolong his life and bring him peace and prosperity.

What more could a mother want?