Reclaiming our names. Leading armies.
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One of my precious people turned 16 yesterday. She asked to make her own cake and it is beautiful.
I noticed that she didn’t write her name on the cake like I always try to do. Their names are so special to me and I missed it. Her name is long and difficult to write with icing. Perhaps it would not have fit very well with her pretty design. But I missed it.
My heart was heavy yesterday. My husband looked into my eyes and said “Are you feeling discouraged?” and I thought if we were somewhere private that I would have collapsed into his arms and wept.
We had both watched footage of violent activists assaulting peaceful people in DC. The elderly, the weak, with children around, with no compunction...
They have been overtaken by evil. They have lost the love they were born with. They erase our names. And their own. Empathy is dead.
My daughter’s cake is beautiful and so is her age. It just struck me on a heavy day that she has been born into a time calling for people to give their lives to defend the identity of other... and one of the signs of evil will always be the violence against the individual, the family, and God.
I can hear the complaints now... “why must everything be about politics?” It’s not about politics... but about the assault against Christ in us by those who have rejected Him.
My daughter is beautiful and bold. She is growing into a person I admire. She was made for these times.
St. Joan of Arc was 16 the first time she petitioned the garrison commander to take her to the royal court. She was 18 when she led her first army. My oldest two girls are 20 and 16.
If I make it into heaven, I will hug the girl named Joan. Thank her, love her, worship with her. And today I do some of those things, and also ask her to assist my daughters.
My girl’s name was not on the cake, but I keep placing it there in my mind. It is our role as mothers (of our own and of the world) to continually do so... and to place those names before the throne of God.
As the world abandons Christ, let us make Him known. And commit ourselves to defending the identity of every soul. 🔥