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毕业季给妈妈们的鼓励
毕业邀请函。 年鉴。 高级的照片。 开放的房子。 All signs point to graduation season—a busy and joyful time. And while motherhood is an emotional endeavor all the time, for many moms, graduation ceremonies feel like a sacred threshold where the intensity of pride and joy walk hand in hand with letting go and releasing control. In the time it takes for your student to walk across the stage, a barrage of emotions rush in: joy, relief, pride, nostalgia, and a whole new set of worries, fears, and anxieties.
As a mom, you’ve watched your child grow, struggle, stretch, succeed, fail, and begin to learn responsibility. You’ve prayed over, cheered for, cried with, rejoiced with, and, at times, worried for your son or daughter. And now, the next chapter of life awaits. 如何才能忠实地度过毕业季？
腓立比书1:3-11为你所经历的一切提供了一个美丽的指南。 Much like our desire as parents, Paul writes to his spiritual children to encourage them in their faith and toward maturity and perseverance. This passage presents a helpful movement for us as moms: Give thanks. 委托。 继续祈祷。
感谢
腓立比书1:3：“我每逢想念你们，就感谢我的神……”
在圣经中，神经常邀请他的子民停下来默想。 Sometimes it involved a sacrifice, a song, or a small tower of stones. 的se physical elements were meant to invite reflection on and recollection of the faithfulness, power, love, and mercy of God. 的 invitation to remember is an invitation to reorient our hearts toward what we know to be true about God and to let those truths change us from the inside out. 记住是迈向感激和信任的第一步。
这就是为什么在毕业季停下来回忆一下是件好事。 It is sweet to picture the first steps, the toddler years, the picnics at the park, the skinned knees and sweaty heads, and the insatiable curiosity. It is a faithful practice to reflect on the steadfast love of the Lord through elementary school and the goodness of God through the changes of the middle school years. And while those tender moments may bring a lump to your throat and tears to your eyes, it also makes space for gratitude to overwhelm your heart. Graduation is a unique opportunity to remember years past and then give thanks. Give thanks for God’s protection, for His provision, His comfort, His guidance, His forgiveness, His sustaining power, His presence, and for all the other ways He has shepherded your child. Embrace graduation as a gift in which to consider, name, and express thanks to our loving Heavenly Father who loves our children more than we do. As you watch your child walk across the stage, let those “happy-sad” tears lead your heart to grateful remembrance of God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.
委托
Philippians 1:6: “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
Graduation is a beautiful time to remember, but it is also an opportunity to trust the Lord with our children in a new way. Motherhood is one big exercise in trust from pregnancy to preteen, but launching your child into college or adulthood might feel different. 这就是为什么这一段的运动如此有帮助。 We remember, give thanks, and then entrust our children to the Lord once again. 注意保罗的自信。 他很确定，很确定。 But his certainty is not in the fact that he preached powerful sermons or made convincing arguments. His surety is in the character and commitment of Jesus to finish what He started.
当你反思时，你可能对自己的母亲缺乏信心。 的re might be words left unspoken, lessons left untaught, wounds left unhealed, or memories unmade. But none of those missed opportunities can stop Jesus from accomplishing His work in your child’s life! 如果你的儿子与基督联合，你可以相信耶稣在他身上作工。 If your daughter belongs to the Lord, you can rest assured that nothing will separate her from the love of Christ Jesus. You may not have the same opportunities for late night conversations or talks in the car, but Jesus will finish what He has started in your child. Your son or daughter will still make mistakes, sin, and struggle, but we need not fear. 救了你孩子的神也会使你的孩子成圣。 你可以把他们的生命交托给神良善、信实和慈爱的看顾。
继续祈祷
Philippians 1:9-11: “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.”
没有比祷告更能表明信靠的了。 Prayer is a way to demonstrate our dependence on the Lord and to daily entrust the lives of our children to God. You have likely already spent hours in prayer for your child—when they were sick, when they got their feelings hurt, when they got their driver’s license, when they felt sad, and when you didn’t know how to help them. Even though your son is moving out of the house, or your daughter is moving across the country, your job has not changed. 继续祈祷。 让保罗的祷告指引你。 He does not pray for comfort, ease, money, success, or fame. Instead, he prays for abundant love, true wisdom, and the fruit of righteousness. 这些东西会持续下去，并导致真正的繁荣。
So, as the diploma is given, the pictures are taken, and big changes begin, do not lose heart. Instead, remember God’s faithfulness and give thanks, trust in God’s promises and continuing work, and keep praying!
本文最初发表于 门徒事工委员会（CDM）妇女事工博客.