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Leaving A Legacy For My 3 Girls – A Plea & A Prayer

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As a 2-time cancer survivor, I look at life with tangible knowledge that life could end at any given moment.  None of us know how long we have here on this earth.  This legacy series to my 3 girls…my lovelies… is my way of attempting to leave a legacy for them.  To speak of what is most important for them to know from me, their forever Mom.
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Todd Bowman and three daughters

 

 
Dear Lovelies,
 
I don’t have many words of my own for you today, just a verse which is also a plea, and a prayer.  I may even go find a song for you if your lucky.  🙂  
 
My Plea for you, my 3 lovelies:
 
Ephesians 4:1 I…beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling.  For you have been called by God.
 
How I pray for you:
 
Every time I pray I think of you and thank God for you!  I ask Him to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing Him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what He is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for Christians.  Oh the utter extravagance of His work in us who trust him– endless, boundless strength!
 
Inspiring quote
 

 

Be assured from day one I have not stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds & spirits attuned to his will and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works.  I pray that you live well for the Master, making Him proud of you as you work hard in His orchard.  As you learn how God works you will learn how to do your work.  


Inspiring verse
 


I pray you will have the strength to stick it out over the long haul, not a grim strength of gritting your teeth, but glory-strength that God gives.  It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful He has for us!
 
By giving Himself completely at the cross, actually dying for you, Christ brought you over to God’s side & put your lives together, whole & holy in His presence.  Don’t walk away from a gift like that!  Stay grounded and steady in that bond of trust, constantly tuned into the message, careful not to be distracted or diverted.
 
 
I Love you More’n,
MOM

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The above are Paul’s prayers, so wonderful to pray over your children.  They are taken from:
Colossians 1:9
Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians 3:14-19




 
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Leaving A Legacy For My 3 Girls – Whiter Than Snow

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As a 2-time cancer survivor, I look at life with tangible knowledge that life could end at any given moment.  None of us know how long we have here on this earth.  This legacy series to my 3 girls…my lovelies… is my way of attempting to leave a legacy for them.  To speak of what is most important for them to know from me, their forever Mom.
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Psalm 57:1

Hello Lovelies,
It is a January snow day today and you 3 are just thrilled!  It is 11:30 and we are all still in our jammies.  You are all having fun on your iPods & I’m just sitting here thinking about what it is I want to tell you.

I will keep it short and simple.

The snow is beautiful outside, everything covered in white.  I think of just yesterday when I stepped in mud on our walkway, tracking it all the way up our stairs, spreading the mess. Everything was brown, grass dead.

It seems like I just blinked, and woke up to all the mess now covered in pure white.  It is so beautiful.  I know when it melts the mud and gunk will be washed away, and the dead grass will be nourished to spring green again, come spring.

And it reminds me.

This is what Jesus does for us.  He takes our mess, washes it clean on the cross, makes us pure white and new.  Gives us life.

It is so easy to get stuck in our mess and forget that we have been washed clean.  HE SEES US CLEAN.  Our mess is removed “as far as the east is from the west.”

Psalm 103:12

God sees us, covered in white by His Son.  Pure.

Next time you are down on yourself, feeling funky & a mess, remember how your Creator sees you!

All sparkly white and made NEW!

I Love You More’n,
MOM

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Leaving A Legacy-A Post For My 3 Girls

leaving a legacy
As a 2-time cancer survivor, I look at life with tangible knowledge that life could end at any given moment.  None of us know how long we have here on this earth.  This legacy series to my 3 girls…my lovelies… is my way of attempting to leave a legacy for them.  To speak of what is most important for them to know from me, their forever Mom.
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It’s funny, my girls.  I’ve wanted to write this series for awhile, but where to start?  There are so many important things I want to tell you, and frankly I fail at this so often.  I try to tell you verbally, and I know, especially now that you are older, that it often turns into a lecture.
So, I’ve decided to start with a journal entry I found, dating back to the year 2008.  I remember writing it.  I was at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, having a day set apart for just me and God.  I remember a feeling a strong sense of unease, like something big was coming up and I needed to prepare both myself and my family for it.  I didn’t know what that meant, but I had this pressing desire to express to you words that I would want to say if I ever was not around to say them.
This was 2 years before my cancer diagnosis.  You were only age 9, 8 & 5.  Precious wee ones.  I’ve decided to share this with you as the first post of this series because I thought it was fitting to start with truth, and an apology.
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Mother's day picture
{Mother’s Day 2011}
 
Journal Entry March 18, 2009
For My Girls:
 
You are God’s precious treasure.  
So very precious.
 
He also has treasure for you!  
Receive the treasure He offers you.  
The treasure of Jesus.
 
Nothing compares to Him!  He will never leave you or forsake you.  You will never be alone.  He holds you in His hands.  I entrust you to him, you are His, not mine.
 
Forgive me, my girls.  I know I am not patient. At times my words can be harsh and my temper gets the best of me too often.  God is working on me, and I promise to continue to grow in Him.  He is creating a work in me.  I pray He protects you from my shortcomings and my growth process.  Oh, how I long to be a Mom who is already complete in my wisdom.  But, until Heaven, when we will all be perfected and will all act perfectly, I will keep running forward and doing my best for Him in this crazy race of life.  What a blessing to get to run this race with your Dad as my husband (he is SO wonderful) and as you 3 as my girls.  You bring me so much JOY! God is only getting started with you, this is only just the beginning!  He has so much for you.  His way truly is the only way.  
 
Follow Him.  Keep His commands.  Accept His forgiveness.  
 
Have patience while He completes his work in you and don’t give into Satan’s lies.  He will tell you that you are not good enough.  He is a liar, a deceiver.  Fill you mind with God’s truth about you so you can discern when Satan is trying to trick. He is sneaky. Watch for his craftiness BUT BY NO MEANS BE FEARFUL of him. 
 
Our God is so powerful and so much bigger.  Get to know God’s promises and cling to them, to Him, for He is truly awesome.
 
I Love You More-n, 
Mom
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