From the time our children were wee ones, we gave each of them time to speak at our conferences. We said, “God has made all of us stewards of His messages of love, redemption, and His hope and life because He has entrusted us with this light that the dark world needs. What would you like to share with all the moms to encourage them this year?”

By faith, we kept writing and speaking and our children grew with ministry. Their self-image was, “I have something to give. My personality is a gift from God to use for His glory. I have an arena in which to bring His light that no one else on earth will ever have.”

A drive for purpose and a desire to impact others for the kingdom of God does not come out of a vacuum. A vision must be in your heart, growing, deepening.

It comes from seeing deep inside of your children's hearts and drawing out the greatness that God has built there and giving them a dream for how God will use them in the world.

Children, in spite of their bundle of immaturity, strengths, weaknesses, and varying personalities are exactly what God crafted them to be to fulfill their purpose in His world.

In what ways would you like to grow personally so that you may pass on the life you have intentionally cultivated?

Read more about this in Awaking Wonder.